Most people are proud, not of
those things which arouse respect, but of those which are unnecessary, or even
harmful: fame, power, and wealth.
There is no worse scoundrel
than he who, when he looks
around himself at other people, can always find an even worse scoundrel than
himself; and therefore, can be
quite satisfied with himself.
A person who loves himself has
the advantage of having very
few competitors.
There is no wisdom in he who
thinks that he is wise.
A selfish person is always
limited. And one is connected with the other: he is selfish because he is
limited; he is limited because he is selfish.
A proud person initially causes other people
to think that he has more importance than he actually has, but when this
influence disappears, as it always does, he becomes only the object of jokes.
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