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 In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
   - John Ruskin,  
 In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
   - John Ruskin, 
 He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it
 Cry 'No recovery.'  
 He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it
 Cry 'No recovery.' 
 Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
 The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
  So perish read more 
 Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
 The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
  So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow
   For others' good, or melt at others' woe. 
 In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies;
 All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.
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 In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies;
 All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.
  Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,
   Men would be angels, angels would be gods. 
O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.
O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.
 Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
 I see the lords of humankind pass by.  
 Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
 I see the lords of humankind pass by. 
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
 It may do good; pride hath no other glass
 To show itself but pride, for supple knees
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 It may do good; pride hath no other glass
 To show itself but pride, for supple knees
  Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.