الفخر و ذمه
مَا لِابْنِ آدَمَ وَالْفَخْرِ وَأَوَّلُهُ نُطْفَةٌ وَآخِرُهُ جِيفَةٌ لَا يَرْزُقُ نَفْسَهُ وَلَا يَدْفَعُ حَتْفَهُ
What reason has a human being to be proud when his beginning is a drop of semen and his end is a carcass; neither can he sustain himself nor can he repel his [own] death!
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا حُمْقَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الْفَخْرِ
There is no foolishness greater than arrogance
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا تَدُلَّنَّ بِحَالَةٍ بَلَغْتَهَا بِغَيْرِ آلَةٍ وَلَا تفحزن [تَفْخَرَنَّ [تَفْرَحَنَ] بِمَرْتَبَةٍ نِلْتَهَا [بَلَغْتَهَا] مِنْ غَيْرِ مَنْقَبَةٍ فَإِنَّ مَا يَبْنِيهِ [مَا بَنَاهُ] الِاتِّفَاقُ يَهْدِمُهُ الِاسْتِحْقَاقُ
Never become proud of a state that you attained without [any] device [and hard work], and never be arrogant of a rank that you attained without merit, for indeed that which is built by circumstance is destroyed by entitlement
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم