Sentence examples of "pride" in English
My pride prevented me from borrowing money from him.
La fierté m'empêcha de lui emprunter de l'argent.
It was difficult for him to hide his pride in his success.
Il lui était difficile de cacher la fierté qu'il avait de son succès.
Hey, I may have no money, but I still have my pride.
Eh, j'ai peut-être pas d'argent, mais j'ai toujours ma fierté.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.
La vanité et la fierté sont choses différentes, bien que ces mots soient souvent employés comme synonymes.
Such was his pride that he could not bring himself to ignore the insult.
Sa fierté était telle qu'il ne put se résoudre à ignorer l'insulte.
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.
Et le Diable ricana car son péché mignon est la fierté déguisée en humilité.
What do you have to lose by asking her out on a date? A little pride maybe?
Qu'as-tu donc à perdre à l'inviter à un rencard ? Un peu de fierté sans doute ?
"I nipped your national pride, I see." "You must have nipped it a long time ago, I can't even remember it."
« J'ai piqué ta fierté nationale, je vois. » « Ça doit faire longtemps que tu me l'as piquée, je ne m'en rappelle même plus. »
"I pinched your national pride, I see." "You must have pinched it a long time ago, I can't even remember it."
« J'ai piqué ta fierté nationale, je vois. » « Ça doit faire longtemps que tu me l'as piquée, je ne m'en rappelle même plus. »
A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
Une personne peut être fière sans être vaine. La fierté provient ordinairement de l’opinion que nous avons de nous-mêmes, et la vanité de celle que nous désirons que les autres aient de nous.
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