Quotes About Pride

parrying like a man who had the greatest respect for his own epidermis.

When we show a friend a city one has already visited, we feel the same pride as when we point out a woman whose lover we have been.

Here's a man ready to chop another man's self-esteem to pieces with an axe, yet he cries out in pain when his own is pricked with a needle.

could you have so little strength that you take pride in displaying your sorrow

Besides, one requires the excitement of being hateful in the eyes of the accused, in order to lash one's self into a state of sufficient vehemence and power. I would not choose to see the man against whom I pleaded smile, as though in mockery of my words. No; my pride is to see the accused pale, agitated, and as though beaten out of all composure by the fire of my eloquence.

When you want to obtain something touching a man's self-respect, you must spare his pride even the appearance of suffering.

he despises all honors, and contents himself with those written on his passport." "That

But I lay aside that pride before God, who has taken me from nothing to make me what I am

When you wish to obtain some concession from a man's self-love, you must avoid even the appearance of wishing to wound it." "I

Ah! —dijo Montecristo—, es uno de los orgullos de nuestra pobre humanidad el creerse cada hombre más desgraciado que cualquier otro que gime y llora a su lado.

those who remain in Paris in July must be true Parisians.

But I lay down that pride before God, who brought me out of nothingness to make me what I am.

How typical that is, you proud and self-absorbed creature! This is indeed the man who enjoys taking an axe to the self-esteem of others, but cries out when a needle touches his own.

Apoi ajunse s? se îndoiasc? de inocenÈ›a sa, ceea ce justifica oarecum ideile guvernatorului asupra alienaÈ›iei mintale, în sfârÈ™it, c?zu de la în?lÈ›imea orgoliului È™i se rug?, nu îns? lui Dumnezeu, ci oamenilor. Dumnezeu e ultima instan??. Nenorocitul care ar trebui s? înceap? cu Domnul, nu îÈ™i pune speranÈ›ele în EL, decât dup? ce le-a epuizat pe toate celelalte.

The Count of Morcerf was no favorite with his colleagues. Like all upstarts, he had had recourse to a great deal of haughtiness to maintain his position.

El orgullo de quienes no pueden edificar es destruir.

I have my pride for men--serpents always ready to threaten every one who would pass without crushing them under foot. But I lay aside that pride before God, who has taken me from nothing to make me what I am.

When you wish to obtain some concession from a man's self-love, you must avoid even the appearance of wishing to wound it.

Now, I'm ridiculously attached to my head, seeing that it seems to go rather well with my shoulders.

Now, I entertain a ridiculous partiality for my head, it seems to suit my shoulders so correctly.

D'Artagnan took every smile for an insult, and every look as a provocation

Không có tình b?n nào tr? v?ng trÆ°á»›c má»™t bí m?t b? l?t t?y, nh?t là bí m?t ?y l?i quan thi?t ??n lòng kiêu hãnh. R?i thêm n?a, ng??i ta th??ng nhìn xu?ng ??i vá»›i nh?ng ng??i mình bi?t rõ ??i tÆ°.

Porthos, you are as vain as Narcissus; I plainly tell you so, replied Aramis.

The pride of those who cannot edify lies in destruction