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Pride is the vice opposed to humility. The sin of pride is an inordinate desire or
love of one’s own excellence. Through
pride a man either thinks himself better than he is, or he thinks he can do
things which are beyond his own power.
The proud man thinks that all his talents are his own. He will not even
acknowledge that he owes them to God. Or, if he acknowledges that they come
from God, he thinks that they are due to his own merit rather than to God’s
generosity.
Walter Farrell, O.P.,
S.T.M. and Martin J. Healy. S.T.D.