ABSTRACT

William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, IV, i, 223-4 (c. 1596-8)

132 PRIDE, ENVY AND THEFT

1 Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs, 16, 18

2 From within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.