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Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
Pride and Prejudice
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
Pride and Prejudice
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self
Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself
My pride fell with my fortunes
Pride will spit in pride's face
We are rarely proud when we are alone
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great
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