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Boast Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Since life itself is uncertain, nothing which has life for its basis can boast much stability.
- To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose…
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- A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted. — Michel de Montaigne
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- The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to… — Dalai Lama
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- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen
- We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? — Samuel Beckett