There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

Is this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario?

Is this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario?

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.

O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.

They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.

They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.

Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it;
I like to be despised.

Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it;
I like to be despised.

Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.

Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.

Why, who cries out on pride
That can therein tax any private party?
Doth it not flow read more

Why, who cries out on pride
That can therein tax any private party?
Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea
Till that the weary very means do ebb?

To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak.

To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak.