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Italian writer Dante described pride as the "chief of all sins" as the sin of Satan himself, yet Romans and Vikings made pride their greatest virtue; the origins of pride.
Italian writer Dante described pride as the "chief of all sins" as the sin of Satan himself, yet Romans and Vikings made pride their greatest virtue; the origins of pride.
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