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Pride
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For I am—or I was—one of those people who pride themselves in on their willpower, on their ability to make a decision and carry it through. This virtue, like most virtues, is ambiguity itself. People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception. Their decisions are not really decisions at all—a real decision makes one humble, one knows that it is at the mercy of more things than can be named—b
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― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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