Pride Quote by William Wordsworth

“But it is a strange experience, to a man of pride and sensibility, to know that his interests are within the control of individuals…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Not so,” he answered. “Well, I know that, did I move and speak in your London, none there are who would not know me…

— Bram Stoker

“I lack the Lord’s own gentleness of heart, for I see deliberate malice where he sees ignorance and weakness.”

— Anthony de Mello

“Calm, gentle, passionless as he appeared, there was yet, we fear, a quiet depth of malice, hitherto latent, but active now, in this unfortunate…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The little that he had said, thus far, had been sufficient to convince me that I was speaking to a gentleman. He had what…

— Wilkie Collins

“Such is the sleight of hand by which we juggle with ourselves, and change our very weaknesses into stanch and most magnanimous virtues!”

— Charles Dickens

“But one of Stuart's most personable (and most annoying) qualities is his refusal to judge strangers until he knows them, especially if they're peculiar.”

— Alexander Masters

“It’s stranger than every strangeness And the dreams of all the poets And the thoughts of all the philosophers, That things are really what…

— Alberto Caeiro

“My feelings-let's hold on to this idea of them as shuffling Victorians, let's make them servants, an entire uniformed household staff- were fresh, raw,…

— Joan Wickersham

“love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little…

— Thomas Paine

“I yet beseech your majesty,-- If for I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not; since what I well intend,…

— William Shakespeare

“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating heart.”

— Henry Clay