Our people usually say that pride brings downfall. Pride is being arrogant or boastful.
Pride is a sin because it is the abuse of one’s natural faculties or passions.
Lust, envy, anger, greed, gluttony and sloth are all bad, the sages say, but pride is the deadliest of all, the root of all evil, and the beginning of sin. ... Pride is self-respect and self-esteem, he says, but then warns that pride is arrogance and hubris as well. Mais
