On Pride

Instead of putting down on paper (that is, virtual blog paper) some philosophical considerations on pride, I though I would just share with you a few quotes on the subject. Enjoy.

1. Avarice, envy, pride,
   Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all
   On Fire.
   - Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), The Divine Comedy
   
   
2. Pride sullies the noblest character.
   - Claudianus
   
   
3. Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.
   - Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - ), The Gulag Archipelago
   
   
4. Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
   - Bible, Proverbs xvi. 18.