It was this very thing that took place in the instance of the Pharisee. For even after he had arrived at the very summit, he “went down”with the loss of all, because he had not the mother of virtues: for as pride is the fountain of all wickedness, so is humility the principle of all self-command. Wherefore also He begins with this, pulling up boasting by the very root out of the soul of His hearers.