Pride/vanity

Famous quotes containing the words pride and/or vanity:

    The soldier takes pride in saluting his Captain,
    The devotee proffers a knee to his Lord,
    Some back a mare thrown from a thoroughbred,
    Troy backed its Helen, Troy died and adored;
    Great nations blossom above,
    A slave bows down to a slave.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Your vanity and my vanity will never be friends.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)