The dark sides of life are those evil or wicked aspects of an individual or the human race. These dark sides of life bring about the dark side of human nature. These are not primarily bad occurrences in man; they are brought about due to the urge for vengeance, angry response to provoking occurrences, and reaction to one's self weakness. The dark sides of life might seem unpleasant to us, but they really help in making a man stronger and molding his behavior and character towards life and his fellow humans.
Pride can be a dark side of one's life, though it might not come to the consciousness of the person. This is actually typical about the dark side of one's life. Another dark side of one's life can be anger. Anger is a very terrible thing that even the most silent person can possess. More dark sides of human's life can be covetousness, selfishness, slandering, impatience and etc.