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pride comes/goes before a fall

saying

Definition

said to emphasize that if you are too confident about your abilities, something bad will happen that shows that you are not as good as you thinkSaddening, shocking and upsetting
(Definition of pride comes/goes before a fall from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)