Pride and all related

"'That is very true,' replied Elizabeth, 'and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.'
'Pride,' observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, 'is a very common failing I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed, that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of one quality or other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are very different things, though the words are often used synonymousely. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.'"

[Pride and Prejudice, Austen, Jane
pg. 27]

Recebi no natal dois livros (um destes de 1308 páginas), um caderno, um cubo mágico... será que estão tentando me passar um recado subjetivamente?