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Charles Caleb Colton

"There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous but prevents others from becoming so."

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"There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous but prevents others from becoming so."

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"Accept the ego of extraordinary people as they have achieved something but don't accept the ego of ordinary people."

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"Your ego is your prison."

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"If I can't quite figure out what an ego is, all I have to do is look for the thing that's killing itself in the very act of feeding itself."

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"Directing praise to oneself is to cash in on the ego in order to bankrupt the soul."

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"Bigheadedness is usually a symptom of small-mindedness."

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"We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit."

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"My ego is the wall between you and me."

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"Pride destroys a man quicker than ignorance."

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"It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind."

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