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Pride

«I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.»
«If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.»
Author: Maxwell Anderson (Playwright) | About: Art, Heart, Pride | Keywords: own right, proud of
«It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a prideful heart»
«I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that I should leave as a Jew. I don't want to turn my back on a great and noble heritage.»
Author: Felix Frankfurter (Jurist) | About: Judaism, Pride, Religion | Keywords: fitting, heritage, Jew
«In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.»
«If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing passion) on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.»
«Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments»
«It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief»
Author: Japanese Proverb | About: Pride | Keywords: beggar, thief
«In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty»
«If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.»
Author: Socrates (Philosopher) | About: Pride, Wealth | Keywords: employs, praised, proud of, rich man

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