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If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. — Bernard Williams

Already by 1900 I could boast I had written as many books as Moses. — Winston Churchill

A number of our scientists boast intelligence but lack wisdom. I find those to be the predictable ones. — Criss Jami

Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear. — Napoleon Bonaparte

But he who never sins can little boast Compared to him who goes and sins no more! — Nathaniel Parker Willis

I don't spend and save whenever I have spare cash. I dislike people who boast about money. — Geoff Capes

Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. — Isaac Watts

We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Science appears but what in truth she is, Not as our glory and our absolute boast, But as a succedaneum, and a prop To our infirmity. — William Wordsworth

A river cannot boast to a sea. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Overconfidence comes from fear and doubt, and you boast an ego when you're feeling less than. — Nikki Sixx

I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;* but if I didn't love others, I would have gained nothing. — Anonymous

We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak. — Samuel Adams

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. — Logan Pearsall Smith

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on. — H.L. Mencken

My own father used to boast to me of biting off a man's ear in a street fight. — Richard Elman

He who boasts of a favor bestowed, would like it back again. — Publilius Syrus

C" is for colonies
Rightly we boast
that of all the great nations
Great Britain has most! — Mrs. Ernest Ames

I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it. — Edward Irving

Angels boast ethereal vigor, and are formed from seeds of heavenly birth. — Virgil

He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style. — Seneca The Younger

Enjoy the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies! — Joseph Hopkinson

A town that boasts inhabitants like me Can have no lack of good society. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea ... — Charles Churchill

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. — Sallust

Are the accomplishments that people boast about real? Probably. But I'd rather hang out with real people, and real people don't have to boast. — Charles F. Glassman

Go on, fair Science; soon to thee
Shall Nature yield her idle boast;
Her vulgar lingers formed a tree,
But thou hast trained it to a post. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast,
But I'm intercontinental when I eat French toast. — Mike D

Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate. — Farquhar McGillivray Knowles

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen. — Aeschylus

Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home. — Oliver Goldsmith

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. — Bertrand Russell

Do not boast because you have beliefs; don't forget that hundreds of absurd beliefs in the history are totally disappeared! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

He who traps mice should not boast to he who hunts lions. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war, racism, poverty, sickness, or suffering? — Billy Graham

Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Boasting is the outward form of the inner condition of pride. — John Piper

Only one man has the right to boast, and that's the man who never does. — Evan Esar

People who boast about age are actually forgetting something special. Age is not barrier to or elevator to success; that's the job of vision. — Israelmore Ayivor

Who does not wish to have noble ancestors?
Who does not wish to have noble descendants?
Even fools boast that their ancestors were sages. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I was no pope - I could not boast infallibility ... — Charlotte Bronte

What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? — Various

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. — Henry David Thoreau

I do not boast that God is on my side, I humbly pray that I am on God's side. — Abraham Lincoln

Nothing can be more true, than that the greatest Boasters have the least of what they pretend to. — Eliza Haywood

It is in general more profitable to reckon up our defeats than to boast of our attainments. — Thomas Carlyle

Jewel-Like the immortaldoes not boast of its length of yearsbut of the scintillating point of the moment. — Rabindranath Tagore

Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most. — John Gay

There is a negative proof of the value of Latin: No one seems to boast of not knowing it. — Peter Brodie

The caterpillar does not boast to the world of its plans; it just shows up a butterfly. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it. — Arthur Helps

Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such. — Antoine Rivarol

Boast quietly, with decorum. — Mason Cooley

Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do. — John Milton

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope. — Bernard Berenson

Why does man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the brute; it only renders them more necessary beings. — Mary Shelley

Being a Christian ... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast. — Patrick Henry

Do not boast about tomorrow, y for you do not know what a day may bring. — Anonymous

Those who boast are seldom the great. — Jawaharlal Nehru

Special ops have earned the right to boast and don't; you're just a wannabee, which is why you do. — Donna Lynn Hope

We Boast Best in the Cross When We Bear It — John Piper

First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it. — Thomas Watson

Since life itself is uncertain, nothing which has life for its basis can boast much stability. — Samuel Johnson

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast; But shall the dignity of vice be lost? — Alexander Pope

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen

Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are absorbed in mental acrobatics and contribute nothing to society. — Ogyu Sorai

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on ... — Oliver Goldsmith

You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast. — John Steinbeck

Greatness is always envied - it is only mediocrity that can boast of a host of friends. — Marie Corelli

EPH2.8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: EPH2.9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. — Anonymous

13For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. — Anonymous

You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth. — William Makepeace Thackeray

Nobody can boast of Honesty till they are try'd. — Susanna Centlivre

Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May. — Anthony Trollope

To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married. — E.W. Howe

A gentleman does not boast about his junk. — Emily Post

You have to give yourself credit, not too much because that would be bragging. — Frank McCourt

People who boast of happy marriages are, I submit, usually self-deceivers, if not actually liars. — Iris Murdoch

A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel. — Mason Cooley

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

We boast the highest standard of living when it's only the biggest. — Frank Lloyd Wright

Tis a sort of coquetry to boast that we never coquet. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

If you made a better rat than a human, it's not much to boast about, Peter. — J.K. Rowling

I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that l the power of Christ may rest upon me. — Anonymous

Boasting is one of those rare outfits that never looks good on you but makes you look stunning when modeled by your admirers. — Richelle E. Goodrich

If ever I boast of seeing a fairer face in all this wide world, may I die a liar's death. — Stephen R. Lawhead

The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it. — Oscar Wilde

A man shall not boast of his keenness of mind, But keep it close in his breast; To the silent and wise does ill come seldom — Anonymous

A floating leaf has more to boast about than a sinking ship. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing. — Lao-Tzu

Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Glory in your weaknesses. Paul said, "I am going to boast only about how weak I am and how great God is to use such weakness for his glory."21 — Rick Warren

There are 2 motives for reading a book; 1. That you enjoy it, 2. that can boast about it on goodreads. — Bertrand Russell

Every lover's lament has an element of boasting. — Mason Cooley

If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think Man much to boast of as the final result of all my efforts. — Bertrand Russell

No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change. — William Shakespeare

He who hears only a "Will to Truth" in the background, and nothing else, cannot certainly boast of the sharpest ears. — Friedrich Nietzsche