I see you and St. John have been quarrelling, Jane, ' said Diana, 'during your walk on the moor. But go after him; he is now lingering in the passage expecting you - he will make it up.' I have not much pride under such circumstances: I would always rather be happy than dignified; and I ran after him - he stood at the foot of the stairs. Anonymous
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Pride is a great deal more than dignity. Pride is not merely a state of mind, but a feeling, a perception of one's own powers, and a man who has no pride in his own powers can never be dignified. To have no pride in oneself is to have no self-respect, and it is impossible to have self-respect without pride. Pride means being proud of one's manhood, and to have no pride in one's manhood is to have none in oneself. The only advantage which a man has over a beast is that he knows when you have been beaten.

Source: Jane Eyre

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