Quotes About Pride

La vanidad y el orgullo son cosas distintas, aunque muchas veces se usen como sinónimos. El orgullo está relacionado con la opinión que tenemos de nosotros mismos; la vanidad, con lo que quisiéramos que los demás pensaran de nosotros.

orgullo está relacionado con la opinión que tenemos de nosotros mismos; la vanidad, con lo que quisiéramos que los demás pensaran de nosotros.

it is often nothing but our own vanity that decieves us

Ms. Bennett, do you know who I am? I am not accustomed to being spoken to in such a manner.

Pride,' observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, 'is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief

He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion.

Well, said Anne, 'I certainly am proud, too proud to enjoy a welcome which depends so entirely upon place.

Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intention as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it?

Hubiera podido fácilmente perdonar su orgullo, si no hubiera sido porque se metió con el mío Elizabeth Bennet.

La arrogancia y el orgullo son cosas muy distintas, aunque a menudo se tomen como sinónimos. Una persona puede ser orgullosa sin ser arrogante. El orgullo se refiere màs a nuestra opinión sobre nosotros mismos; la arrogancia, a lo que deseamos que los demás piensen de nosotros.

Sí; la vanidad es, en efecto, una debilidad. Pero en cuanto al orgullo, donde se dé verdadera superioridad de espíritu, estará siempre justificado.

there are very few of us that do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary

Ever since her being turned into a Churchill, she has out-Churchill'd them all in high and mighty claims.

The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself; these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her many enjoyments. The danger, however, was at present so unperceived, that they did not by any means rank as misfortunes with her.

That is a compliment which gives me no pleasure.

La vanité et l'orgueil sont choses différentes, bien qu'on emploie souvent ces deux mots l'un pour l'autre ; on peut être orgueilleux sans être vaniteux. L'orgueil se rapporte plus à l'opinion que nous avons de nous-mêmes, la vanité à celle que nous voudrions que les autres aient de nous.

His good looks and his rank had one fair claim on his attachment; since to them he must have owed a wife of very superior character to any thing deserved by his own.

She knows her own worth too well for false shame.

Nadie se muere por un resfriado. Pero puede morir de vergüenza por tener tal madre.

A distinction to which they had been born gave no pride.

Je lui aurais volontiers pardonné son orgueil s'il n'avait tant mortifié le mien.

Pero mi locura no ha sido el amor sino la vanidad.

Y con facilidad perdonaría su orgullo si no hubiera mortificado el mío.