"pride wenteth before a fall" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} pride wenteth before a fall
  1. (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic, hypercorrect) Alternative form of pride comes before a fall Tags: alt-of, alternative, hypercorrect, nonstandard Alternative form of: pride comes before a fall
    Sense id: en-pride_wenteth_before_a_fall-en-proverb-PbU7iqSs Categories (other): English hypercorrections, English proverbs

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          "ref": "1968, Robert Welch, American Opinion, XI, page 59",
          "text": "By the time I reached the Navy my love of steam preceded me, and I became the stoker for a rickety steam cutter inherited from the Maine. Pride wenteth before a fall; I put the slice bar through one of the cutter’s tubes — and lost my job in a hasty exit over the side.",
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          "ref": "2007, David Renner, Memoirs of a Fool, I, page 171",
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