Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, un…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1832). Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.72
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