Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original …

C. S. Lewis
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Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of lucifer.... An instrument strung, but preferring to play itself because it thinks it knows the tune better than the Musician ✨ C. S. Lewis (2009). Yours, Jack: The Inspirational Letters of C. S. Lewis, p.11, HarperCollins UK
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