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

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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 goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

by Bible Found in: Pride Sayings, General Sayings,
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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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Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

by Fulton John Sheen Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

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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.

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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.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Pride Quotes,
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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.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Pride Quotes,
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It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with read more

It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.

by Stacey Charter Found in: Pride Quotes,
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