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Pride Quotes by Sophocles
- All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
- The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to…
- The tyrant is a child of pride.
- Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.
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