Quote Genre: Pride

Martin Luther King Jr. – ‘A man cant ride your back un…

‘A man cant ride your back unless its bent.’

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Alexander Pope – ‘Of all the causes which cons…

‘Of all the causes which conspire to blind Mans erring judgment and misguide the mind; What the weak head with strongest bias rules Is pride the never-failing vice of fools.’

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Massillon – ‘To be proud and inaccessible…

‘To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak.’

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Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘Pride is a vice which pride …

‘Pride is a vice which pride itself inclines every man to find in others and to overlook in himself.’

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Thomas Jefferson – ‘Thomas Jefferson?s Decalogue…

‘Thomas Jefferson?s Decalogue of Canons V. Pride costs us more than hunger thirst and cold.’

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Elbert Hubbard – ‘There was one who thought hi…

‘There was one who thought himself above me and he was above me until he had that thought.’

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Gregory I – ‘The human mind is prone to p…

‘The human mind is prone to pride even when not supported by power; how much more then does it exalt itself when it has that support.’

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John Heywood – ‘Pryde will have a fall; For …

‘Pryde will have a fall; For pryde goeth before and shame commeth after.’

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Charles Caleb Colton – ‘There is this paradox in pri…

‘There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous but prevents others from becoming so.’

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Benjamin Franklin – ‘Pride is said to be the last…

‘Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of.’

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