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12 quotesWhatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.
Conceit
African Proverb
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No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
Language
Aubrey Beardsley
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
Punctuality
Samuel Beckett
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Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Critics and Criticism
Dr. Emmit Fox
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He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
Sin
Thomas Fuller
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Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.
Ancestry
German Proverb
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.
Strength
Thomas Jefferson
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With all his tumid boasts, he's like the sword-fish, who only wears his weapon in his mouth.
Speakers and Speaking
John Madden
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He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.
Ancestry
Seneca
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
Ancestry
Seneca
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We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.
Acquaintance
Logan Pearsall Smith
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
Dignity
Young
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun