PRIDE.
Pride like an eagle builds amid the stars.
Night Thoughts, Night V. DR. E. YOUNG.
Why, who cries out on pride,
That can therein tax any private party?
Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea?
As You Like It, Act ii. Sc. 7. SHAKESPEARE.
'T is pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul;
I think the Romans call it stoicism.
Cato, Act i. Sc. 4. J. ADDISON.
Of all the causes which conspire to blind
Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind,
What the weak head with strongest bias rules,
Is pride, the never failing vice of fools.
Essay on Criticism, Pt. II. A. POPE.
Where wavering man, betrayed by venturous pride
To chase the dreary paths without a guide.
As treacherous phantoms in the mist delude,
Shuns fancied ills, or chases airy good.
The Vanity of Human Wishes. DR. S. JOHNSON.
Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault)
Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought.
Essay on Translated Verse. W. DILLON.
Oft has it been my lot to mark
A proud, conceited, talking spark.
The Chameleon. J. MERRICK.
Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.
Cymbeline, Act iii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
Ask for whose use the heavenly bodies shine;
Earth for whose use? Pride answers,
'T is for mine!
Essay on Man, Pt. I. A. POPE.