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    He that is proud eats up himself. Pride is his own glass, his
    own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself but
    in the deed, devours the deed in the praise.

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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

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

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

by Jean Baptiste Masillon Found in: Pride Quotes,
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They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.

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

by Robert Burton Found in: Pride Quotes,
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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Pride Quotes,
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The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing read more

The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.

by Iris Murdoch Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Pride is the mask of one's own faults.

Pride is the mask of one's own faults.

by Jewish Proverb Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Lord of human kind.

Lord of human kind.

by John Dryden Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our read more

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Pride Quotes,
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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.'

by William Shakespeare Found in: Pride Quotes,
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