War waged for the cause of national pride has taken the lives and destroyed the lives of millions in history. Tragically, history will repeat itself. Pride is self-deceiving. Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
Pride makes our self-deceptions taste like candy.
When we let pride run amok, we gorge ourselves on this delicious lie, and eventually we end up killing ourselves. On a global scale, we end up killing others because of pride's ability to blind us from the truth and from the true state of our humanity. Pride always carries with it the baggage of sorrow. Nelly, in Wuthering Heights, ch. Pride carries the baggage of sorrow because the war between pride and humility rips apart who we are on a personal level.