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There is a diabolical trio existing in the natural man, implacable, inextinguishable, co-operative and consentaneous, pride, envy, and hate; pride that makes us fancy we deserve all the goods that others possess; envy that some should be admired while we are overlooked; and hate, because all that is bestowed on others, diminishes the sum we think due to ourselves.

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Pride the first peer and president of hell.

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Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

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Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

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There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

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Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

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To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

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Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.

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We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

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