Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.

C. S. Lewis

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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Pride sullies the noblest character.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

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