Jane Austen
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"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 favour, 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
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