Sentence examples for weakness of pride from inspiring English sources
The Green Knight, by engaging with the greatest knight of Camelot, also reveals the moral weakness of pride in all of Camelot, and therefore all of humanity.
As a Jew, Feuchtwanger did not intend his portrayal of Süß to be antisemitic but rather as a study of the tragedy caused by the human weaknesses of greed, pride, and ambition.
The scope of my mother's weakness, her astounding lack of pride.
It appeared that these respondents did not want to reveal their perceived weaknesses to a 'friend' because of pride or fear that it would change the relationship, and instead found it easier to discuss their problems with an anonymous stranger who remained separate from their day-to-day life.
When human weakness is mistaken for national weakness - an error that has overtones of pride - the stage is set for folly on a grand scale.
Arthur Clennam, the hero of Little Dorrit, is a fully believable adult version of a deprived child, while Mr Dorrit's fatal combination of weakness and humiliated pride is skilfully developed.
His relationship with Washington — which gave him security, status, and a certain amount of pride — revealed itself in all its dependency and weakness.
But the Chinese government, which heard domestic grumbling about "weakness" when it released the American crew, has made it a point of pride that the EP-3 surveillance craft will not be allowed to fly out on its own power.
It is thus a matter of pride.
Then, it becomes a thing of pride".
