Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in othe…

Samuel Johnson
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself ✨ Samuel Johnson (1804). Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [chiefly of Johnson, ed. by T. Davies]. By S. Johnson, p.359
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself ✨ Samuel Johnson (1804). Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [chiefly of Johnson, ed. by T. Davies]. By S. Johnson, p.359

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