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pride-Vain was the chief's, the

Vain was the chief's, the sage's pride! They had no poet, and they died.
- Horace

pride-The nobler the blood the

The nobler the blood the less the pride.
- Anonymous Author

pride-Man is a feeble creature,

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is insolence, and belief in human power is impiety.
- Bertrand Russell

pride-The great poems, Shakespeare's included,

The great poems, Shakespeare's included, are poisonous to the idea of the pride and dignity of the common man, the life-blood of democracy.
- Walt Whitman

pride-There is no pride like

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich.
- French Proverb

pride-Idleness and pride tax with

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.
- Benjamin Franklin

pride-Generosity during life is a

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death, one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
- Horace Mann

pride-This transformation in kids -

This transformation in kids - from flashing dragonflies, so to say, to sticky water-surface worms slowly slipping downstream - is noticed with pride by society and with mortification by God ...
- William Saroyan

pride-Nothing so obstinately stands in

Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.
- Josiah Gilbert Holland

pride-The pride of the peacock

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
- William Blake

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