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Pride
The first sin of the angels and the last sin of the saints — the inflation of self that every tradition treats as the secret root of every other vice.
Judaism
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
"When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom."
Christianity
"...God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble."
"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father..."
Islam
"And do not turn your cheek [in contempt] toward people and do not walk through the earth exultantly. Indeed, Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful."
Buddhism
"For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule."