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    O, this life
    Is nobler than attending for a check,
    Richer than doing nothing for a robe,
    Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk:
    Such pain the cap of him that makes him fine
    Yet keeps his book uncrossed.

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Pride Quotes,
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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

by George Santayana Found in: Pride Quotes,
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He that is proud eats up himself. Pride is his own glass, his
own trumpet, his own chronicle; and read more

He that is proud eats up himself. Pride is his own glass, his
own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself but
in the deed, devours the deed in the praise.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Pride Quotes,
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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

by Voltaire Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault)
Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.

Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault)
Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Is this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario?

Is this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario?

by Nicholas Rowe Found in: Pride Quotes,
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In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies;
All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.
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In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies;
All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.
Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Pride Quotes,
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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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