Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her… — Charles Dickens

Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues—faith and hope.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · 1839
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Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby, edited by Mark Ford. Penguin, 1999, ch. 43.
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Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, Apr. 1839, issue 14, ch. 43.

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