Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall

Prov. xvi. 18. You sign your place and calling, in full seeming, With meekne and humility; but your heart Is cramm'd with arrogancy, spleen, and pride . Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. 110. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice, I. v. to what we would have others think of us. (b) A becoming and dignified sense of what is due to one's personality, character, or position; firm self-respect. He left his guests, and to his cottage turned, And as he entered for a moment yearned For the lost splendors of the days of old,... And felt how bitter is the sting of pride , By want embittered and intensified. Long fellow , Wayside Inn, Student's Tale. Gray's pride was not, as it sometimes is, allied to vanity; it was personal rather than social, if I may attempt a distinction which I feel but can hardly define. Lowell , New Princeton Rev., I. 166. (c) A reasonable feeling of elation or exultation in view of one's doings, achievements, or po e ions, or those of a person or persons intimately connected with one. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride , And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side. Goldsmith, Des. Vil., 1. 163. I felt a pride In gaining riches for my destined bride. Crabbe, Works, IV. 89. IMG:content-0947.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Haughty or arrogant bearing or conduct; overbearing treatment of others; insolent exultation; vainglorying.