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Dec 2, 2009
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hubris
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The king's ministers were slightly worried about his hubris. The king himself laughed it off, attributing it to

a.) his excessively indulgent upbringing, which did not instill him with a sense of modesty and humility.

b.) that arrow he took in the thigh in the campaign of 1413.

c.) the shrimp left over from the big banquet.



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