He that climbs too high falls heavily / Pride goes before a fall

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He that climbs too high falls heavily / Pride goes before a fall

He that climbs too high falls heavily / Pride goes before a fall

Pride or arrogance often leads to downfall. The expression originates from the names of biblical cantillation marks (te'amim) — dar’ga (step) and tevir (broken) — symbolizing that after rising comes breaking or falling.

(“Do not boast, O mighty man, for after dar’ga comes tevir,” — meaning: he who exalts himself will fall, as quoted in Shnei Luchot HaBrit, Tractate Yoma, ‘Tokhechat Mussar’.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַחֲרֵי דַּרְגָּא יָבוֹא תְּבִיר

Definition (Hebrew)

הַגַּאֲוָה עֲלוּלָה לְהָבִיא לְהַשְׁפָּלָה. מִי שֶׁמִּתְנַשֵּׂא עָלוּל לִפֹּל. (דַּרְגָּא וְתְּבִיר הֵם שֵׁמוֹת שֶׁל טַעֲמֵי הַמִּקְרָא; תְּבִיר מְרַמֵּז עַל שֶׁבֶר אוֹ בּוֹר).

("מַעֲלָה גְּדוֹלָה, קַבָּלַת יְסוּרֵן בְּאַהֲבָה. מִצַּד כַּמָּה טְעָמִים... וְהָעִקָּר, כִּי הֵם בְּוַדַּאי לְכַפָּרַת עָוֹן. וְחַכְמֵי הַחֲרוּזִים עֵשָׂו חָרוּז נָאֶה: אָדָם עֲצַבִּי אַל תֵּאָנַח, כִּי אַחֲרֵי טַרְחָא, יָבֹא אֶתְנָח. אַל תִּתְהַדֵּר אָדָם גְּבִיר, כִּי אַחֲרֵי דַּרְגָּא יָבֹא תָּבֵר"- שְׁלָ"ה מַסֶּכֶת יוֹמָא פֶּרֶק דֶּרֶךְ חַיִּים תּוֹכַחַת מוּסָר)

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