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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.
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts read more
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts read more
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
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.
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.
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.
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.
O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.
O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.
