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Pride

«Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies»
«Pride is the shirt of the soul, put on first and put off last»
Author: George Swinnock | About: Pride, Soul | Keywords: put off, shirt
«Pride is the mask we make of our faults»
Author: Hebrew Proverb | About: Faults, Pride | Keywords: mask, The Mask
«Pride is the deadliest of sins, but I was bursting with pride»
Author: Jonathan Aitken | About: Pride | Keywords: bursting, deadly sin, deadly sins
«Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real»
Author: Thomas Merton | About: Humility, Pride | Keywords: artificial, humility
«Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.»
«Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.»
«Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels not its own happiness, but when it may be compared with the misery of others»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Envy, Misery, Pride | Keywords: advantages, delicate
«Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Pride | Keywords: advantages, delicate
«Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.»

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