Quote by Georges Bernanos
Its a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in o

Its a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so. – Georges Bernanos

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Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it. – Georges Bernanos

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What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around. – Georges Bernanos

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And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. – Josh Billings

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I am the greatest. Not only do I knock em out, I pick the round! – Muhammad Ali

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Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. – Henry Bolingbroke

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