Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Every season hath its pleasure; Spring may boast her flowery prime, Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuries Brighten Autumn's sob'rer time. — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I'm not a loud, extravagant person; I'm never going to be that and, to be honest, I don't want to be like… — Leona Lewis Copy Share Image
Fuelling my body with nutritional food and supplements gives me an instant boost and is the reason why I have created my… — Alex Greenwood Copy Share Image
I don't think I can boast about him. 'Hey, my dad is a British institution; he's done all these incredible things and… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Guard your mind from self-praise and flee a high opinion of yourself, so that God does not allow you to fall into… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
It's not logical that we boast the most advanced and powerful internationally integrated economy in the world, then claim organizational incompetence and… — Jesse Jackson, Jr Copy Share Image
How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there… — Emil Zatopek Copy Share Image
A few years ago, Bill Gates was boasting that we'll soon have sensors which will turn on the music that we like… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
When you consider how many millions of workdays begin with hangovers great and small, it is mildly surprising to find how few… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Oh! Speculators on things, boast not of knowing the things that nature ordinarily brings about; but rejoice if you know the end… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The fall of waters and the song of birds, And hills that echo to the distant berds, Are luxuries excelling all the… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in… — Edward Irving Copy Share Image
High birth is a thing which I never knew any one to disparage except those who had it not; and I never… — William Warburton Copy Share Image
“People who boast about age are actually forgetting something special. Age is not barrier to or elevator to success; that’s the job… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The Church of Christ is an anvil which has worn out many hammers. Our opponents may boast of their strength, but they… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
But as Shakespeare’s Richard II boasts, ‘Not all the water in the rough rude sea/Can wash the balm off from an anointed… — Leanda de Lisle Copy Share Image
I'm not on a record like some rapper trying to boast about my clothes or where I'm from. I'm creating stories, experiences,… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
“But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been… — Robert J. Morgan Copy Share Image
“The primary condition for being sincere is the same as for being humble: not to boast about it, and probably not even… — Henri Peyre Copy Share Image
Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
Canada appears content to become a second-tier socialistic country, boasting ever more loudly about its economy and social services to mask its… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
“I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I could boast that I was a man, but I could not claim with equal certainty that I was a human being.” — John Knight Copy Share Image
Before most people start boasting about their family tree, they already have done a good pruning job. — Orlando Aloysius Battista Copy Share Image
It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Do not boast because you have beliefs; don't forget that hundreds of absurd beliefs in the history are totally disappeared! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
