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Pride renders in a proud man’s mind the idea that he has more rights than others, since he is deemed to be in a superior position. He, therefore, has the right to amass wealth more than the others. Pride leads to greed and gluttony, two more deadly sins, because pride gives the false impression that it is alright to gain more and merit more. The [...]

High regard for one’s self, at the expense of recognizing the equal worth of others, is the most operational definition of pride. It is the deadliest of all deadly sins. It causes one to love his or her own excellence, without realizing that others can be excellent, too. Pride is the bedrock of all discrimination on earth. Pride goes beyond the basic [...]