“O! there are many kinds of pride,” said Biddy, looking full at me and shaking her head; “Pride is not all of one kind…He may be too proud to let any one take him out of a place that he is competent to fill, and fills well and with respect.”
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 19. Biddy argues with Pip about the value of Joe’s role as a blacksmith and gives him a lesson in the meaning of pride. This is after Pip complains about Joe being backward in learning and manners, condescendingly offering to remove him into “a higher sphere” when he fully acquires his fortune. Biddy is defending Joe’s integrity and his steadfast pride in who he is and the career he has followed. By implication she is criticizing Pip for a different kind of pride in which he judges a person’s value by their wealth and social status.