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Proud Quotes - Page 24

The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner, that he thinks it mere condescension in him; and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what you have no pretense to claim.

Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.312

Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I'm very proud. We're just the nicest people. Everyone likes us.

"This much I know". Interview with Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2005.

I am, and always will be, proud to be a Hackney girl.

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I'm total, total, total liberal and proud of it.

"Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. May 6, 2005.

I don't envisage I will be captain again, but for two England managers, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello, I was their first choice and I'm proud of that.

"John Terry reveals his pain over being stripped of England captaincy" by Mark Redding, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2010.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts.

John Dryden, C. B., Esquire Charles BATHURST (1852). “Selections from the poetry of Dryden, including his plays and translations. [The editor's preface signed: C. B., i.e. Charles Bathurst.]”, p.312

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.

John Dryden (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Dryden (Illustrated)”, p.3874, Delphi Classics

There is a proud modesty in merit.

John Dryden, C. B., Esquire Charles BATHURST (1852). “Selections from the poetry of Dryden, including his plays and translations. [The editor's preface signed: C. B., i.e. Charles Bathurst.]”, p.129