“And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher
"The Devil's Thoughts", st. 6 (1799)
“Pride is the master sin of the devil.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, P. 484.
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