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I might as well enquire,” replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?

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Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.

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When a slave begins to take pride in his fetters and hugs them like precious ornaments, the triumph of the slave-owner is complete.

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I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, And virtue has no tongue to check her pride.

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I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.

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The flags of the Confederate States of America were very important and a matter of great pride to those citizens living in the Confederacy. They are also a matter of great pride for their descendants as part of their heritage and history.

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As Americans, we can take enormous pride in the fact that courage has been inspired by our own struggle for freedom, by the tradition of democratic law secured by our forefathers and enshrined in our Constitution. It is a tradition that says all men are created equal under the law and that no one is above it.

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Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall.

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I can see his pride Peep through each part of him.

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One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realising this a monk should take no pleasure in the respect of others, but should devote himself to solitude.

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Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old, not because of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it.

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And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, the dishonesty and trickery of intellect.

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Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

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Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.

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We are so conceited and so unproud.

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Anger, pride and competence are our real enemies.

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Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

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This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

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For the pride of trace and trail was his, and sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his work.

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Take not thy thunder from us, but take away our pride.

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