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 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? 
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.
 Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
 Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
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 Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
 Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
  A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,
   Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. 
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, read more
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.
 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. 
 What the weak head with strongest bias rules,
 Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.  
 What the weak head with strongest bias rules,
 Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. 
 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a 
fall.  
 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a 
fall. 
Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.
Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.
Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
Pride is the mask of one's own faults.