None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
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
Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Open Secret boasts a nifty plot and, in Coroner Fortin, a fascinating protagonist who will likely be around for a long time.… — Giles Blunt Copy Share Image
The devil, darkness, and death may swagger and boast, the pangs of life will sting for a while longer, but don't worry;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Elevated levels of confidence are omnipresent among history's greatest overachievers. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men in the world even… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
It is one of the sublime provincialities of New York that its inhabitants lap up trivial gossip about essential nobodies they've never… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
I have no prouder boast to say I am Irish and have been privileged to fight for the Irish people and for… — Francis Hughes Copy Share Image
Other countries may boast of this and that, but nobody can touch the United States for poisonous snakes. We have about twenty… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
In the experiences of a year of the Presidency, there has come to me no other such unwelcome impression as the manifest… — Warren G. Harding Copy Share Image
Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
O, beautiful and grand, My own, my native land! Of thee I boast: Great empire of the west, The dearest and the… — Abraham Coles Copy Share Image
I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Work mixed with management becomes not only easier but more profitable. The time is past when anyone can boast about 'hard work'… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Are there any who can honestly boast, My worshippers obey my good laws, And treat each other kindly, And live simple generous… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Have the courage of your own convictions and don't be swayed by friends who boast about their financial home runs. Last year's… — Nancy Dunnan Copy Share Image
“What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you… — Apostle Paul -- Letter to the Romans Copy Share Image
Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
I boast of being the only man in London who has been bombed off a lavatory seat while reading Jane Austen. She… — Kingsley Martin Copy Share Image
They who boast of their tolerance merely give others leave to be as careless about religion as they are themselves. A walrus… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
“What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A number of our scientists boast intelligence but lack wisdom. I find those to be the predictable ones. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I was very precocious. I was pleased with myself. I thought I was very good-looking and I thought I was very clever… — Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby Copy Share Image
Win without boasting, lose without excuses - internalize your failures and externalize your victories. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to… — Anonymous 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
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
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
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