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Pride, at its best, is a deep and justified sense of self-respect and accomplishment, born from overcoming challenges and living in alignment with one's values. It fuels our motivation to strive for excellence, strengthens our sense of identity, and allows us to connect with others through shared experiences and a celebration of who we are.

Pride

# Pride & Emotions

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Context: • Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene A Country Town.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (B)
“As proud as Lucifer.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, As You Like It (c. 1599-1600), Act I, scene 2.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (S)
“My pride fell with my fortunes.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Lords of Creation; attributed by Hoyt's to Emily Anne Shuldham; reported as a folk song of unknown authorship in ''Songs of Ireland and Other Lands (1847), volume 2, p. 253.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 632-33.)
“The Lords of creation men we call.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Edwin Hubbell Chapin, p. 484.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895): Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).)
“Pride is the master sin of the devil.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Edward Young, p. 485.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895): Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).)
“We rise in glory as we sink in pride.”
— Unknown

# Pride & Vices

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Context: • Robert Browning, In an Album.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (B)
“As if true pride
Were not also humble!
”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (1611), Act III, scene 3, line 24.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (S)
“Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (c. 1601-02), Act III, scene 1, line 138.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (S)
“O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!”
— Unknown
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Context: • Author unidentified, p. 485.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895): Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).)
“Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.”
— Unknown
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Context: • George Chapman, Eastward Ho (1605), Act III, scene 1 (written by Chapman, Jonson, and Marston).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (C)
“Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.”
— Unknown
More Quotes
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Context: • Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene A Country Town.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (B)
“As proud as Lucifer.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, As You Like It (c. 1599-1600), Act I, scene 2.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (S)
“My pride fell with my fortunes.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Lords of Creation; attributed by Hoyt's to Emily Anne Shuldham; reported as a folk song of unknown authorship in ''Songs of Ireland and Other Lands (1847), volume 2, p. 253.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 632-33.)
“The Lords of creation men we call.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Edwin Hubbell Chapin, p. 484.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895): Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).)
“Pride is the master sin of the devil.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Edward Young, p. 485.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895): Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).)
“We rise in glory as we sink in pride.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Robert Browning, In an Album.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (B)
“As if true pride
Were not also humble!
”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (1611), Act III, scene 3, line 24.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (S)
“Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (c. 1601-02), Act III, scene 1, line 138.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (S)
“O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!”
— Unknown
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Context: • Author unidentified, p. 485.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895): Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).)
“Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.”
— Unknown
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Context: • George Chapman, Eastward Ho (1605), Act III, scene 1 (written by Chapman, Jonson, and Marston).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (C)
“Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Nicholas Rowe, The Fair Penitent (1703), Act V, scene 1, line 37. Taken from Massinger's Fatal Dowry.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 632-33.)
“Is this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario?”
— Unknown
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Context: • J. Cole, p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (P)
“Pride is the devil, think it got a hold on me.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Iphigenia auf Tauris, IV. 4. 120.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 632-33.)
“Zu strenge Ford'rung ist verborgner Stolz.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Debate between Winter and Summer (mid to late 3rd millennium BCE).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (D)
“An lifted his head in pride and brought forth a good day.”
— Unknown
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Context: • John Ruskin, Modern Painters (1856), Volume IV, part V, chapter III, section 22.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Pride" (R)
“In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.”
— Unknown
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