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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
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.
Why, who cries out on pride
That can therein tax any private party?
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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?