prideing

Updated: May 20, 2025

It is reported of the peakcock that, prideing himself in his gay feathers, he ruffles them up; but, spying his black feet, he soon lets fall his plumes, so he that glorys in his gifts and adornings should look upon his Corruptions, and that will damp his high thoughts. The finest bread hath the least bran; the purest hony, the least wax; and the sincerest Christian, the least self love.

Helen Campbell - Anne Bradstreet and Her Time