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.

The Right Title

Aircraft Crashes on Los Angeles Freeway. This is the headline of an article I see today on the New York Time home page. Sounds like a major event, doesn't it?

Click on the link, start reading the article, and you will see that the aircraft wasn't a plane but and helicopter. This is a tragic event: the pilot died in the crash, and I can't help to think that whoever crafted that title made it imprecise on purpose to lead people into thinking that this is a bigger story that it really is. Is this ethical, especially since this is a tragic event?