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My pride fell with my fortunes.
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William Shakespeare, As You Like It (c. 1599-1600), Act I, scene 2.
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Why, who cries out on pride,That can therein tax any private party?Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea.
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William Shakespeare, As You Like It (c.1599-1600), Act II, scene 7, line 70.
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Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.
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William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (1611), Act III, scene 3, line 24.
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She bears a duke's revenues on her back,And in her heart she scorns our poverty.
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William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II (c. 1590-91), Act I, scene 3, line 83.
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I have ventur'd,Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,This many summers in a sea of glory,But far beyond my depth: my high-blown prideAt length broke under me.
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William Shakespeare, Henry VIII (c. 1613), Act III, scene 2, line 358.
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He that is proud eats up himself: pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise.
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William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act II, scene 3, line 164.
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I do hate a proud man, as I hate the engendering of toads.
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William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act II, scene 3, line 169.
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He is so plaguy proud that the death tokens of itCry "No recovery."
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William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act II, scene 3, line 187.
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Pride hath no other glassTo show itself but pride, for supple kneesFeed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.
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William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act III, scene 3, line 47.
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O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!
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William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (c. 1601-02), Act III, scene 1, line 138.
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Man's highest blessednessIn wisdom chiefly stands;And in the things that touch upon the Gods,Tis best in word of deedTo shun unholy pride;Great words of boasting bring great punishments;And so to gray-haired age Comes wisdom at the last.
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Sophocles, "Antigone", lines 1531-1538,Translation by Edward H. Plumptre.