#pride

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong. ↗

— Horace

#doing #mankind #many #more #portion

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger. ↗

— Sholom Aleichem

#poor #pride #rich #swell #up

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#changed #devils #humility #into #makes

If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#down #loud #people #pride #rightly

We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church. ↗

— Pope Shenouda III

#church #every #having #join #mean

What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#discover #nothing #pride #revelation #you

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#characters #ignorance #pride #truest #vanity

If I weren’t too proud, I’d boast of my exaggerated opinion of myself. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #pride #funny

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#dense #frequently #garb #humility #mask

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#fail #his #how #know #loses