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“I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.”

Littles Left Boys Sea Pride Summer Glory Mercy Depth Broke Streams Length Swim Weary Rude Wanton Bladder

Author:William Shakespeare

“Of lunacy, Innumerous were the causes; humbled pride, Ambition disappointed, riches lost, And bodily disease, and sorrow, oft By man inflicted on his brother man; Sorrow, that, made the reason drunk, and yet Left much untasted. So the cup was fill'd.”

Men Made Reason Lost Left Causes Brother Pride Sorrow Disease Ambition Madness Riches Drunk Cups Disappointed Lunacy

Book:Pollok's Course of Time

Source: Pollok's Course of Time

“The manly pride of the Romans, content with substantial power, had left to the vanity of the East the forms and ceremonies of ostentatious greatness. But when they lost even the semblance of those virtues which were derived from their ancient freedom, the simplicity of Roman manners was insensibly corrupted by the stately affectation of the courts of Asia.”

Form Lost Left History Virtue Greatness Pride Court Simplicity Ancient East Vanity Manners Asia Ceremony Manly Roman Empire Semblance Ostentatious

Book:History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a goddess unless there were some wretches left whom she could order about and lord it over, whose misery would make her happiness seem all the more extraordinary, whose poverty can be tormented and exacerbated by a display of her wealth. This infernal serpent, pervading the human heart, keeps men from reforming their lives, holding them back like a suckfish.”

Men Humans Heart Seems Order Left Wish Wealth Lord Poverty Pride Advantage Misery Extraordinary Prosperity Display Goddess Human Heart Disadvantages Serpent

Author:Thomas More

“It was modesty that invented the word "philosopher" in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors of the spirit--the modesty of such monsters of pride and sovereignty as Pythagoras, as Plato.”

Wisdom Spirit Actors Left Pride Calling Philosophical Philosopher Monsters Modesty Magnificent Plato Sovereignty Greece Presumption

Book:The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs

Source: The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs

“It is no longer possible to escape men. Farewell to the monsters, farewell to the saints. Farewell to pride. All that is left is men.”

Men Evil Left Pride Goodness Saint Monsters Farewell

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“It seemed that most women, because they had been caught, gave up on the movement and were just trying to pass the time until they could be released. Men in prison struggled to maintain their pride, including their manhood, because that is all they had left after everything had been taken away.”

Men Trying Left Taken Movement Pride Prison Including Caught Manhood Gave Up

Author:Assata Shakur