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‘Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul:
I think the Romans call it Stoicism.
Joseph Addison1672–1719Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying. Pilots generally take pride in a good landing, not in getting out of the vehicle.
Neil Armstrong1930–2012On his famous moonwalk, as quoted in In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 (2007) by Francis French and Colin Burgess
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonimously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
Jane Austen1775–1817Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter VIn context
He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
Jane Austen1775–1817Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume III, Chapter XIVIn context
Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
Jane Austen1775–1817Emma (1815), Volume I, Chapter VIIIIn context
- Intelligence
Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot’s character; vanity of person and of situation.
Jane Austen1775–1817Persuasion (1817), Chapter IIn context
- Character
But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
Jane Austen1775–1817Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume II, Chapter XIIIIn context
- Love
‘How clever I am,’ he crowed rapturously, ‘oh, the cleverness of me!’
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Comedy
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 16:18 (KJV)In context
Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride.
NBNachman of Bratslav
I would always rather be happy than dignified
Charlotte Brontë1816–1855Jane Eyre (1847), Chapter XXXIVIn context
- Happiness
Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
Emily Brontë1818–1848Wuthering Heights (1847), Chapter VIIIn context
I’ve never met another man I’d rather be.
Charles Bukowski1920–1994in Bukowski: Born Into This (2002)
Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton1803–1873Zanoni (1842), Book IV, Chapter IV
- Knowledge