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Leviticus 26:19 (KJV).
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Man is the proudest of God's creatures, the eagle is the haughtiest amongst the birds, the ox amongst the cattle, and the lion amongst the beasts of the field. Hence it was the image of these four which Ezekiel saw in his vision on the throne of God.
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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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Modesty
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My pride fell with my fortunes.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Ethan Brand" (1850) originally titled "The Unpardonable Sin" in The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales
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Never think of anyone as inferior to you. Open the inner Eye and you will see the One Glory shining in all creatures.
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Never to blend our pleasure or our prideWith sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
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Nicholas Rowe, The Fair Penitent (1703), Act V, scene 1, line 37. Taken from Massinger's Fatal Dowry.
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O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!
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Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps there is nothing that angels behold with such astonishment as a proud man.
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Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,Man passes from life to his rest in the grave.
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Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller (1764), line 327.
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P. T. Barnum. 'Sundry Business Enterprises', Ch XIV, The Life of P. T. Barnum (1855).
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Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene A Country Town.