I found this while reading an e-book on the history of investment research:
"In reality there is, perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive and will every now and then peep out and show itself; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history. For even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility."
Benjamin Franklin
I believe this is from his autobiography. It's actually a pretty interesting read if you get a chance; this was one of the more memorable sections. He is talking about how he strives each day to be more virtuous than the last, and how he records those things he has done better and worse each day.
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