
“He that is proud eats up himself: pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle.”
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English playwright and poet 1564–1616Related quotes


“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.”
Vol. I, ch. 2.
Vanity Fair (1847–1848)
Context: The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice.

Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 4, hadith number 543
Sunni Hadith

“How can he practice true compassion
Who eats the flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh?”
Verse 251.
Tirukkural

St. 8. Compare: "And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin / Is pride that apes humility", Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Devil's Thoughts.
The Devil's Walk http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/shelley/devil/devil.rs1860.html (1799)

Source: Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 250
The True Levellers Standard Advanced (1649)