My list of virtues contain’d at first but twelve; but a Quaker friend having kindly informed me that I was generally thought proud; that my pride show’d itself frequently in conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any point, but was overbearing, and rather insolent, of which he convinc’d me by mentioning several instances; I determined endeavouring to cure myself, if I could, of this vice or folly among the rest, and I added Humility to my list). In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history; for, even if I could conceive that I had compleatly overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility. –Ben Franklin Like or Dislike: Thumb up 2 Thumb down 0 Reply Paula says: https://bit.ly/3WBqLh7 https://bit.ly/47KRQDz https://bit.ly/4oScaK5 https://bit.ly/3WZtmlf https://bit.ly/3WFCriN https://bit.ly/3JjijQD https://bit.ly/4nHygOB https://bit.ly/47VHSAu https://bit.ly/4qIhMZ9 https://bit.ly/4nIvpF0 https://bit.ly/3LmIiHq https://bit.ly/43T91BA https://bit.ly/3WBqQ4p https://bit.ly/4oTeUXK https://bit.ly/47CpdZ5 https://bit.ly/47ZsmUg https://bit.ly/48ZQMy1 https://bit.ly/4oVywdP https://bit.ly/47BNqig