“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
“The politician has no more use for pride than Falstaff had for honour.”
Source: In Defence Of Politics (Second Edition) – 1981, Chapter 7, In Praise Of Politics, p. 159.
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