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"There may not be an emotion more complex than the dual stations of pride. The positive connation of pride " the telluric current resulting from both natural causes and interactions of human beings " flows from the conception of applying a person's best effort to accomplish worthwhile tasks. The negative connotation of pride refers to an inflated sense of one's personal status or accomplishments."
"Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is the authority, or that he possesses great moral dominion over others, yet it is spiritually unwarranted. By that point he loses steam; in result, he falsely begins trying to prove that unwarranted dominion by seizing the role of a condemner."
"Evaluate yourself and your calling worthily enough and be proud of it."
"Attacks of divine transports are of pride and I accept the part assigned."
"Pride is the direct appreciation of oneself."
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"No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him there is always work And tools to work withal for those who will And blessed are the horny hands of toil!"
"Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty."
"Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character."
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