Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart.

Julie Garwood
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  2. It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride. - John Ruskin

  3. Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. It was love lashed by its own self that spoke. It was pride half slain that fluttered in the dust. It was my hunger for your love... - Kahlil Gibran

  4. It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid... - Criss Jami

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More Quotes By Julie Garwood
  1. A woman can't do anything about her appearance. Either she's pretty or she isn't. But her character is quite another matter.

  2. I am ever a gentle maiden, " she shouted. "Damn if I'm not.

  3. If you get yourself killed, I'll find your grave and spit on it, " she threatened.

  4. Damn, you're good, ' he said and rolled onto his back. The man wasn't much for flowery speech, Alesandra thought with a smile. It didn't matter. She was arrogantly proud of herself because she'd pleased him. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Perhaps she should give him a little...

  5. Madelyne, we're married now. 'Tis a usual occurrence to bed one's wife on the wedding night.

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