Augustine or Aquinas at least had some attempts to nail down the philosphical problem: the problem with "superbia" (vanity) and "amor sui".    From Wordnik.com.  [Armed and Dangerous] Reference

'Tis proper to man alone, uni superbia, avaritia, superstitio, saith Plin. lib.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference

Némethy's explanation 'poeta elatus superbia tectum uertice tangere sibi uidetur'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference

Verum homines corrupti superbia ita aetatem agunt, quasi vestros honores contemnant; ita hos petunt, quasi honeste vixerint.    From Wordnik.com.  [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference

Sed tanto magis laudandi probandique sunt, quos a scribendi recitandique studio hæc auditorum vel desidia, vel superbia non retardat.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements] Reference

Quod curiositate invenerunt, superbia perdiderunt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pens��es] Reference

Num tibi aut stultitia accessit aut superat superbia?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives] Reference

Nōn sōlum fōrma sed etiam superbia rēgīnae erat magna.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latin for Beginners] Reference

Quae libertas ut laetior esset proximi regis superbia fecerat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fulldls.com] Reference

It is the best example there is of the pride of life, 'superbia vitae.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gossamer 1915] Reference

Râvanas, prae superbia nos omnes vexat, pariterque Sapientes castimoniis gaudentes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ramayana. English] Reference

Severity there was, and more often haughtiness (palam severitas ac saepius superbia).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Women of the Caesars]

"O superbe quid superbis? tua superbia te superabit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850] Reference

? libertas ut laetior esset proximi regis superbia fecerat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fulldls.com] Reference

Sed fuit in tenera tam dira superbia forma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference

'Una superbia indicibile.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica] Reference

Di tal superbia qui si paga il fio.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference

Fugge dinanzi a lei superbia ed ira.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference

Gradientes in superbia potest Deus humiliare.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dance of Death] Reference

Quod curiositate cognoverunt superbia amiserunt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pens��es] Reference

Sequiturque superbia formam.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference

«fōrma» superbia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latin for Beginners] Reference

Or maybe we should say, superbia. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Planet Strappers] Reference

Suo quisque tempore usus est sine superbia. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference