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William Shakespeare on Pride

1564–1616 England

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14 quotes

O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

King Lear (1608)

Hoy-day, what a sweep of vanity comes this way!

Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.

Cymbeline (1611)

Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity—
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That is not quickly buzz'd into his ears?

Richard II (1595)

She bears a duke's revenues on her back,
And in her heart she scorns our poverty.

He is so plaguy proud that the death tokens of it
Cry "No recovery."

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

I do hate a proud man, as I hate the engendering of toads.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

Pride hath no other glass
To show itself but pride, for supple knees
Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.

Richard II (1595)

He that is proud eats up himself: pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

Why, who cries out on pride,
That can therein tax any private party?
Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

I have ventur'd,
Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,
This many summers in a sea of glory,
But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride
At length broke under me.

Henry VIII (1613)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shakespeare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.