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Pride

(noun) The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.

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"People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth."
— Thomas Sowell
"Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold."
— Thomas Jefferson
"Through your rags I see your vanity."
— Socrates
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
— Charlotte Brontë
"For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense."
— C. S. Lewis
"Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride."
— Vince Lombardi

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