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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

schadenfreude

gravitas hubris quiteus
Gravitas (from Latin) is a quality of substance or depth of personality.
Gravitas (specifically dignity, seriousness, and duty) is one of the several virtues that ancient Roman society expected men to possess, along with pietas and dignitas.

Hubris or hybris (Greek ὕβρις), according to its modern usage, is exaggerated self pride or self-confidence (overbearing pride),

schadenfreude (SHAAD-n-froiduh) noun Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.[German : Schaden, damage (from Middle High German schade, from Old HighGerman scado) + Freude, joy, from Middle High German vreude, from Old HighGerman frewida, from fro, happy.]