“O love, whose lordly hand Has bridled my desires, And raised my hunger and my thirst To dignity and pride, Let not the strong in me and the constant Eat the bread or drink the wine That tempt my weaker self. Let me rather starve, And let my heart parch with thirst, And let me die and perish, Ere I stretch my hand To a cup you did not fill, Or a bowl you did not bless.” HeartSelfHandsDesireDiesStrongPrideMy HeartDrinkDignityLet MeWineConstantRaisedHungerBreadCupsBlessBowlsThirstDignity And Pride Author:Khalil Gibran
“There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer is gentle and kindly where another man is severe and unkind.” KnowsMenHumansLittlesDiesKnowingPrideForgottenGentleSevereAnother ManUnkind Book:The Man with the Heart in the Highlands & Other Early Stories Source: The Man with the Heart in the Highlands & Other Early Stories
“Gold schenkt die Eitelkeit, der rauhe Stolz, Die Freundschaft und die Liebe schenken Blumen. Gold is the gift of vanityand pride, Friendship and love offer flowers.” DiesFlowerPrideOffersGoldAnd LoveLove And Friendship Author:Franz Grillparzer
“There is 'a time to be born' - and born again, free of accumulated, encrusted sores of fears and prejudices, old hates, of cancerous wounds, old prides. And there is a time to die - a time for the blue, unburied child of our young years to be decently interred - and to get on with the living.” YearsChildrenYoungHateDiesBornPridePrejudiceBlueWoundsAdulthoodBorn Again Author:Josephine Winslow Johnson
“But [your crime] will be there, one hundred times denied, always there, dragging itself behind you. Then you will finally know that you have committed your life with one throw of the die, once and for all, and there is nothing you can do but tug our crime along until your death. Such is the law, just and unjust, of repentance. Then we will see what will become of your young pride.” KnowsLawYoungDiesCan DoBehindsCrimeYouthPrideHundredCommittedPunishmentRepentanceDeniedUnjustBehind You Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die.” MenMayTwoSufferingDiesDestinyPrideAppropriateVerbs Author:Sophie Swetchine