To admit that we are so. To wish our neighbor to believe it. Patiently to endure people's saying it. Willingly to be treated as a person worthy of contempt. To love to be treated in this fashion.
Pride is contrary to the virtue of humility.
It inclines us to follow our own will and to seek what exalts us. Pride makes us resistant to be directed by others while desiring to command and guide others. Pride chafes at obedience. It also creates a kind of spiritual blindness. Pride is also like a poisonous, multithreaded snake.