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Self-admiration is the beginning of pride. Pride is dissipated self-admiration.
Those who do not hate their own selfishness, their placing of themselves higher than the rest of the world, are blind, because this action contradicts the truth.
—BLAISE PASCAL
The lighter and less dense a substance is, the less space it occupies. The qualities which a proud person attributes to himself can be compared to this.
—EASTERN WISDOM
There are many people who claim to be teachers of others who should themselves be taught first of all.
The most important thing in life is the path to perfection, and what kind of perfection can exist if a person is proud and satisfied with himself?