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Pride Quotes by John Climacus
- An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by…
- Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate.
- Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness.
- Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make…
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- Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do… — Bryan Adams
- I really like my life right now. I have friends around me all the time. I’ve started painting more. I’ve been working… — Taylor Swift
- Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation... — Seneca the Younger
- It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. — Saint Augustine
- A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. — Walter Bagehot
- Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
- Being a Barrymore didn't help me, other than giving me a great sense of pride and a strange spiritual sense that I… — Drew Barrymore