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William Shakespeare Quotes about Pride

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Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.

Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.

William Shakespeare
Angel, Pride, Men
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 117

Pride went before, ambition follows him.

William Shakespeare
Ambition, Pride
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.175

He that is proud eats up himself: pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle.

William Shakespeare
Pride, Glasses, Proud
1602 Agamemnon.Troilus and Cressida, act 2, sc.3, l.153-5.

I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.

William Shakespeare
Hate, Pride, Men
William Shakespeare (2015). “Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition”, p.236, Bloomsbury Publishing

It may do good; pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride, for supple knees Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.

William Shakespeare
Pride, Men, Glasses
William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.642

I love thee so, that, maugre all thy pride, Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide. Do not extort thy reasons from this clause, For that I woo, thou therefore hast no cause But rather reason thus with reason fetter, Love sought is good, but given unsought better.

William Shakespeare
Love You, Passion, Pride
1601 Olivia.Twelfth Night, act 3, sc.1, l.154.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

William Shakespeare
Pride, Fortune
William Shakespeare, Juliet Dusinberre (2006). “As You Like It: Third Series”, p.175, Cengage Learning EMEA

O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!

William Shakespeare
Pride, Haughtiness, World
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. [141]

I can see his pride Peep through each part of him.

William Shakespeare
Pride, Sassy, I Can
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, Isaac Reed (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes : with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.15

'Tis pride that pulls the country down.

William Shakespeare
Country, Pride
'Othello' (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [99]

I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.

William Shakespeare
Summer, Pride, Boys
'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 352

O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check, Richer than doing nothing for a robe, Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk: Such pain the cap of him that makes him fine Yet keeps his book uncrossed.

William Shakespeare
Pain, Book, Pride

All pride is willing pride.

William Shakespeare
Pride, Willing
William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.184

Whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise.

William Shakespeare
Pride, Deeds, Vanity And Pride
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edward Capell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.308

The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair: The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another white despair; A third, nor red nor white, had stol'n of both And to his robbery had annex'd thy breath; But, for his theft, in pride of all his growth A vengeful canker eat him up to death. More flowers I noted, yet I none could see But sweet or colour it had stol'n from thee.

William Shakespeare
Sweet, Flower, Pride
William Shakespeare, Howard Staunton (1860). “The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems”, p.775

Why, who cries out on pride that can therein tax any private party? Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea till the weary very means do ebb?

William Shakespeare
Party, Mean, Pride
William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.1716, Oxford University Press

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