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“For valuing your own suffering sets on it the gold of a sun of pride. Suffering a lot can originate the illusion of being the Chosen of Pain.”

Pain Suffering Sun Pride Illusion Gold Chosen

Author:Fernando Pessoa

“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.”

Dies Flower Pride Offers Gold And Love Love And Friendship

Author:Franz Grillparzer

“Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold.”

Way Firsts May Children Grows Common Flower Pride Gold Dear Pledge Pluck May Flowers Flowers Growing

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

“What has patriotism come to be but greed and false pride, when the only way it can show itself is by shedding blood to gain gold? More economic advantage, more territory, more power.”

Way Shows Blood Economic Pride Gains Advantage Gold Greed Patriotism Territory Shedding Blood False Pride

Book:The Hounds of Spring

Source: The Hounds of Spring

“Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.”

Love Friendship Common Flower Pride Gold Simplicity Vanity Love And Friendship Gift Of Love

Author:Franz Grillparzer

“(...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...)”

Behinds Pride Fine Cat Gold Smile Metaphor Wounds Beast Your Smile

Author:Ray Bradbury

“Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold; Not all Apollo's Pythian treasures hold, Or Troy once held, in peace and pride of sway, Can bribe the poor possession of the day.”

Life Life Is Poor Pride Gold Possession Treasure Apollo Bribe

Book:The Iliad of Homer: Several Versions

Source: The Iliad of Homer: Several Versions

“Ever since the Evil Empire turned out to be a collection of third-world countries, Americans aligned on the far right have tried to cast gay men and lesbians as the new enemy, calculating deviants seducing the nation's young, anti-Avon ladies selling sodomy door-to-door. This simply won't wash. Just as seeing the Russians up close and personal on television humanized them, so seeing the lesbian grandmother of two little girls wearing her gold medal with pride makes the notion of otherness, much less deviance, silly and ignorant.”