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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Prov. xvi. 18 Pride goþ befor contricioun, & befor falling þe spirit shall ben enhauncid.

a1425 in M. R. James Catal. Western Manuscripts Trinity Coll. Cambr. (1901) II. 95 (MED) Pees maketh plente, Plente makith pride, Pride makith plee, Plee makith pouert, Pouert makith pees.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 70 (MED) Pride goth beforn, & schame folwyth after.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxxv^v For it hath be sene is sene, and euer shall That first or last foule pryde wyll haue a fall.

1614 T. Adams Deuills Banket (new ed.) ii. 73 Pride is neuer without her owne paine, though shee will not feele it: be her garments what they will, yet she will neuer be too hot, nor too colde.

1646 J. Whitaker Danger of Greatnesse 26 That pride will have a fall, is from common experience grown proverbiall.

1784 S. Johnson Let. 2 Aug. (1994) IV. 358 I am now reduced to think, and am at last content to talk of the weather. Pride must have a fall.

1837 T. Hook Jack Brag III. iii. 90 Truly, indeed, does the proverb say, that ‘pride knows no pain’. One fiftieth part of the turmoil and exertion which Jack underwent..would in all probability have secured him ease and competence.

1851 London at Table iv. 59 Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous v. 131 It thrilled through him when he first felt the keel answer to his hand... But, as usual, pride ran before a fall.

1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale v. 75 I suppose he thinks he'd be mayor himselfe... Pride goeth before a fall.

1981 Radio Times 28 Feb. 43/2 (advt.) Pride feels no pain, the saying goes. Thankfully, with Clarks, it doesn't have to.