pride Quotes

“Tom Sawyer the Pirate looked around upon the envying juveniles about him and confessed in his heart that this was the proudest moment of his life.”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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“Believe it or not, there are places in the world where music is important. There are places in the world where all the arts are a matter of national pride.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

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“No wonder that God in His special grace subjects the ministers of the Gospel to all kinds of afflictions, otherwise they could not cope with this ugly beast called vainglory.”

― Martin Luther, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians

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“You must come to violent conflicts and make a noise in order to produce your sparks. But their disconnected flashes merely assist your pride, and not your clear vision.”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

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“You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is...”

― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

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“In his fiery eyes of scorn and triumph, you then saw Ahab in all his fatal pride.”

― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

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“I am only a peasant by position, not by nature!”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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“I am consequently proud—proud as Lucifer.”

― Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

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