Proud

Famous quotes containing the word proud:

“He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him.”
—Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus 13:1.

“A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)

“High on a throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Show’rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
To that bad eminence; and, from despair
Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires
Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue
Vain war with Heav’n, and by success untaught,
His proud imaginations”
—John Milton (1608–1674)