Civility Quote by Lord Chesterfield

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds…

— John Keats

A proud man never shows his pride so much as when he is civil.

— Sir Fulke Greville

If a man has a right to be proud of anything, it is of a good action done as it ought to be, without…

— Laurence Sterne

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be…

— Demosthenes

“There is something mystical in the proud man in the sense in which you use the words. You may be right from your point…

— Anton Chekhov

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.

— Thomas a Kempis

A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.

— Mary Wortley Montagu

A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing.

— Henry Ford

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

— Mignon McLaughlin

“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does not concern himself about.

— William Hazlitt

Humility is an attribute of godliness possessed by true Saints. It is easy to understand why a proud man fails. He is content to…

— Howard W. Hunter