Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.
Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'
Poetry allies itself with beauty - a supreme union - but never uses it as its ultimate goal or sole nourishment.
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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