Degrees Quote by John Selden

As long as the vice of gluttony has a hold on a man, all that he has done valiantly is forfeited by him: and…

— Pope Gregory I

Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity.

— John Selden

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

— Baruch Spinoza

Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble.

— Hannah More

Let's just call things what they are. When a man's love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a…

— Matthew Scully

All a man has is pride. Sometimes you have it so much it is a sin. We have all done things for pride that…

— Ernest Hemingway

Pride is a fault that great men blush not to own: it is the ennobled offspring of self-love; though, it must be confessed, grave…

— Joanna Baillie

Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one's insistence that he possesses it.

— Kenneth Clark

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

— Ezra Taft Benson

“When a man’s love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a demanding palate make his moral choices, that…

— Matthew Scully

Pride is Tasteless, Colorless, and Sizeless. Yet! It is the hardest thing to swallow.

— Anonymous

When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God…

— Ken Follett