Superbia Quotes
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Humilitas homines sanctis angelis similes facit, et superbia ex angelis demones facit.
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More Superbia Quotes
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
augustine of hippo— As quoted in Manipulus Florum (c. 1306), edited by Thomas Hibernicus, Superbia i cum uariis; also in Best Thoughts Of Best Thinkers: Amplified, Classified, Exemplified and Arranged as a Key to unlock the Literature of All Ages (1904) edited by Hialmer Day Gould and Edward Louis Hessenmueller
Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate libido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus immutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optimum quemque a minus bono transfertur. (II)
— But when sloth has introduced itself in the place of industry, and covetousness and pride in that of moderation and equity, the condition of a state is altered together with its morals; and thus authority is always transferred from the less to the more deserving.
superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono Le tre faville che hanno i cori accesi.
dante alighieri— Three sparks—pride, envy, and avarice—have been kindled in all hearts.
— Dante Alighieri, Inferno, VI. 74
L |' si vedra' la superbia ch'asseta, che fa lo Scotto e l'Inghilese folle, s |' che non puo' soffrir dentro a sua meta. There shall you see the pride which causes thirst, which makes the Scots and the English mad, so that they cannot remain within their boundaries.
Dante (originally Durante) Alighieri— c.1320 Divina Commedia,'Paradiso', canto1, l.121-3.
superbia, invidia e avarizia sonole tre faville c'hanno i cuori accesi.
dante alighieri— Pride, Envy, and Avarice arethe three sparks that have set these hearts on fire.
— Canto VI, lines 74-75.
