”His pride”, said Miss Lucas,”does not offend me so much as pride often does, because there is an excuse for it. One cannot wonder that so very fine a young man, with family fortune, everything in his favor, should think highly of himself. If I may so express it, he has a right to be proud.”
”That is very true”, replied Elizabeth,”and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”
”Pride”, observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections,”is a very common failing I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed, that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” ( Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth Bennet, Mary Bennet)
(Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice)
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