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The pride of no person in a flourishing condition is more justly to be dreaded than that of him who is mean and cringing under a doubtful and unprosperous fortune.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The pride of no person in a flourishing condition is more justly to be dreaded than that of him who is mean and cringing…”
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Burke warns that the pride of those who are struggling can be more dangerous than that of those who are successful.
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