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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2140
AUTHOR:Robert Burton (1577–1640)
QUOTATION:They are proud in humility; proud in that they are not proud. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 14.
 
Note 1.
His favourite sin
Is pride that apes humility.
Robert Southey: The Devil’s Walk. [back]
 

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