hidden pride Quotes

Humility is often only the putting on of a submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a morecalculated sort of pride, which debases itself with a design of being exalted; and though this vice transform itself into a thousand several shapes, yet the disguise is never more effectual nor more capable of deceiving the world than when concealed under a form of humility.

(...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...)

Some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love - why, some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

There is no passion that steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride.

You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes--and calls it his pride.

Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.