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She bears a duke's revenues on her back,
And in her heart she scorns our poverty.
She bears a duke's revenues on her back,
And in her heart she scorns our poverty.
The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does read more
The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does not concern himself about.
O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.
O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot read more
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.
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.
There is this paradox in pride--it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
There is this paradox in pride--it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.
There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.
