A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of cours…

C. S. Lewis
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A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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