"Pride gets no pleasure out of having something,……" — C.S. Lewis
"Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone."
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
— Francis Bacon
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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he…
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I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who…
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Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale…
— Bob Barr
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I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot…
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Let Indian history be set side by side with Europe history with what there is of the latter century by…
— Annie Besant
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For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all…
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The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
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It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound…
— Bertolt Brecht
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Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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