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O, this life
Is nobler than attending for a check,
Richer than doing nothing for a robe,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Pride Quotes,
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I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.

I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.

by William Shakespeare 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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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.

by Josh Billings Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Pride is the mask of one's own faults.

Pride is the mask of one's own faults.

by Jewish Proverb Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
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Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow
For others' good, or melt at others' woe.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Pride Quotes,
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And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 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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There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Pride Quotes,
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