"Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have……" — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things."
More Boast Quotes
- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect… — Jane Austen
- My natural instinct after doing something shameful is not to rush into the street boasting about it but to put… — Russell Baker
- We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? — Samuel Beckett
- Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen. — Aeschylus
- I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book… — John le Carre
- It will yet be the proud boast of women that they never contributed a line to the Bible. — George William Foote
- Mobile phones are the only subject on which men boast about who's got the smallest. — Neil Kinnock
- A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted. — Michel de Montaigne
- I come from grunge, and then Brit-pop, scenes where you boast about how little you spent on an outfit. ...… — Caitlin Moran
- We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the… — George Washington
- Oh! Speculators on things, boast not of knowing the things that nature ordinarily brings about; but rejoice if you know… — Leonardo da Vinci
- Boasts are wind and deeds are hard. — Isaac Asimov