But he who never sins can little boast Compared to him who…

We are saved from nothing if we are not saved from sin. Little sins are pioneers of hell. The backslider begins with what he…

— James Howell

Little sins carry with them but little temptations to sin, and then a man shews most viciousness and unkindness, when he sins on a…

— Thomas Brooks

First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it.

— Thomas Watson

But thou art fair, and at thy birth, dear boy, Nature and Fortune join'd to make thee great: Of Nature's gifts thou mayst with…

— William Shakespeare

Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.

— Ann Radcliffe

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order…

— Horatio Nelson

“A classic is read not to enjoy but only to be boast about it.”

— Aman Jassal

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.

— Bernard Berenson

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

— Samuel Beckett

“in other words, his story was part boast, part confession.”

— Ben Mezrich

“In general, poor is polite and rich is rude.”

— Amit Kalantri

Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just…

— Thucydides

Further conceive, I beg, that a stone, while continuing in motion, should be capable of thinking and knowing, that it is endeavoring, as far…

— Anonymous

Win without boasting. Lose without excuse.

— Albert Payson Terhune

It would be a piece of ingenuousness to accuse the man of today of his lack of moral code. The accusation would leave him…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset