Quote by Henry Bolingbroke
Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem an

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

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The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobodys word about them. – Henry Bolingbroke

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Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important. – Proverb

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

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The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. – Albert Camus

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