Pride goes before a fall

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This discussion is dedicated to examples of pride and smugness where the outcome ended in a huge loss or a humbling defeat.

It is good to let real life circumstances teach us lessons. Best to learn them while observing others, than learn them ourselves the hard way.

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Pride in politics

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haughty

adjective
arrogantly superior and disdainful.
“a look of haughty disdain”

synonyms: proud, vain, arrogant, conceited, snobbish, stuck-up, pompous, self-important, superior, egotistical, supercilious, condescending, lofty, patronizing, smug, scornful, contemptuous, disdainful, overweening, overbearing, imperious, lordly, cavalier, high-handed, full of oneself, above oneself;

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