4p57d.md (444B)
1 Pride is pleasure arising from a man's over estimation 2 of himself (Def. of the Emotions, xxviii. and vi.); this 3 estimation the proud man will endeavour to foster by all the 4 means in his power (III. xiii. note); he will therefore delight 5 in the company of flatterers and parasites (whose character is 6 too well known to need definition here), and will avoid the 7 company of high–minded men, who value him according to his 8 deserts. Q.E.D. 9 10