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pride sickness breaking-down
There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood. Charles Dickens
pride men becoming
There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. Charles Caleb Colton
pride self attractive
Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels.
pride may charity
Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than to persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity.
pride common-sense prudence
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
pride self vanity
Pride differs in many things from vanity, and by gradations that never blend, although they may be somewhat indistinguishable. Pride may perhaps be termed a too high opinion of ourselves founded on the overrating of certain qualities that we do actually possess; whereas vanity is more easily satisfied, and can extract a feeling of self-complacency from qualifications that are imaginary.
pride charity may
Many ... begin to make converts from motives of charity, but continue to do so from motives of pride. ... Charity is contented with exhortation and example, but pride is not to be so easily satisfied. ... Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity.
pride titles would-be
The pride of ancestry is a superstructure of the most imposing height, but resting on the most flimsy foundation. It is ridiculous enough to observe the hauteur with which the old nobility look down on the new. The reason of this puzzled me a little, until I began to reflect that most titles are respectable only because they are old; if new, they would be despised, because all those who now admire the grandeur of the stream would see nothing but the impurity of the source.
pride proud ancestry
It is with antiquity as with ancestry, nations are proud of the one, and individuals of the other; but if they are nothing in themselves, that which is their pride ought to be their humiliation.
greatness where-you-are depends
Greatness depends on where you are coming from. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
greatness serious scene
[The] vain and transitory scenes of human greatness are unworthy of a serious thought. Edward Gibbon
greatness doe goodness
Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness. Athenaeus
greatness swings ideas
Swing your swing. Not some idea of a swing. Not a swing you saw on TV. Not that swing you wish you had. No, swing your swing. Capable of greatness. Prized only by you. Perfect in it's imperfection. Swing your swing. I know, I did. Arnold Palmer
greatness ideas people
The seeds of greatness are ideas you learn from people who've been great in their service to others. Denis Waitley
greatness power honor
Greatness knows itself. William Shakespeare
greatness men world
No man is liberated from fear who dare not see his place in the world as it is; no man can achieve the greatness of which he is capable until he has allowed himself to see his own littleness. Bertrand Russell
greatness
There is greatness in everyone. Charlie Chaplin
greatness quality individual
The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual. Charles Sumner
vanity use care
Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities. Charles Simmons
vanity sin favourite
Vanity is my favourite sin. Al Pacino
vanity sin my-favorite
Vanity: my favorite sin.
vanity want slave
I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don't want to be, because as you get older you really have to start accepting the inevitable. Cherie Lunghi
vanity giving generosity
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give. Charlotte Lennox
vanity wish desire
There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified; and that is prudence. Bernard of Clairvaux
vanity self looks
Vanity is a weakness. I know this. It's a shallow dependence on the exterior self, on how one looks instead of what one is. I know this well...Vanity and dishonesty may be vices, but they're also the first forms of protection I ever knew. Dennis Lehane
vanity affection share
those Women who boast the Affections of their Admirers, have a greater share of Vanity than Love ... Eliza Haywood
vanity may speech
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. Benjamin Franklin