Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Science appears but what in truth she is, Not as our glory and our absolute boast, But as a succedaneum, and a… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Enjoy the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let… — Joseph Hopkinson Copy Share Image
Mr. Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him. He was one of those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the Lion. It didn't say… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Alas! Why does man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the brute; it only renders them more necessary beings. If… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“Sex is what you boast about when you have no exterior signs of wealth. It's a way of saying, "Look, I might… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
It's the idea of baggage. When you hear about people in their 40s boast about not having baggage. I think having no… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
I come from grunge, and then Brit-pop, scenes where you boast about how little you spent on an outfit. ... Now, it… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make… — Pericles Copy Share Image
It used to be the boast of free men that, so long as they kept within the bounds of the known law,… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I find it difficult to believe that I belong to such an idiotic, rotten species - the species that actually boasts of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Gaiety is to good-humor as animal perfumes to vegetable fragrance. The one overpowers weak spirits, the other recreates and revives them. Gaiety… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Moreover it is becoming the Britons, whether scientific or unscientific, who boast at all fitting occasions of their aptitude to rule the… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
The Bible says that if we're going to boast about anything, it should glorify God. I'll boast about all of my faults,… — Sam Childers Copy Share Image
He who stands on tiptoe is not steady. He who strides cannot maintain the pace. He who makes a show is not… — Laozi 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
“He does not make himself seen, therefore he is bright; he does not deem himself to be right, therefore he is illustrious;… — Tao Te Ching Copy Share Image
I simply define glory as the beauty of God unveiled. Glory is the resplendent radiance of His power and His personality. Glory… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
[President Clinton] boasts about 186,000 people denied firearms under the Brady Law rules. The Brady Law has been in force for three… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Though the Indian ocean abounds in rich and rare gems, it does not boast a clearer sky nor more unruffled sea. If… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Some persons are exaggerators by temperament. They do not mean untruth, but their feelings are strong, and their imaginations vivid, so that… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
The laws of custom make our [returning a visit] necessary. O how I hate this vile custom which obliges us to make… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
No place, no company, no age, no person is temptation-free; let no man boast that he was never tempted, let him not… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
It has long been my boast that I can read or eat anything. But unfortunately, although I eat like a Hoover, I… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
He who boasts of being perfect is perfect in folly. I never saw a perfect man. Every rose has its thorns, and… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Duke Chartres used to boast that no man could have less real value for character than himself, yet he would gladly give… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I'm a poetry-skipper myself. I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
We are truth-speakers, we men of Gondor. We boast seldom, and then perform, or die in the attempt. "Not if I found… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not Eve, whose fault was only too much love, Which made her give this present to her dear, That what she tasted… — Emilia Lanier Copy Share Image
![“[President Clinton] boasts about 186,000 people denied firearms under the Brady Law rules. The Brady Law has been in force for three years. In that time, they have prosecuted seven people and put three of them in prison. You know, the President has entertained more felons than that at fundraising…” quote by Charlton Heston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/33b/charlton-heston-5386_boast_president-clinton-boasts-about-186-000-p_1288458.jpg)
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