Great boast, little roast.
No one boasts of what belongs to another.
The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it's privileges by the law of the land. What is to be thought of a nation boasting of its liberty, boasting of it's humanity, boasting...
Boasting begins where wisdom stops.
Who is timid in the woods boasts at home.
He who cannot boast cannot succeed.
Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.
He who boasts much can do little.
The bald woman boasts of her sister's hair.
Boast to a stranger, complain only to your friends.
Boast during the day; be humble at night.
Don't boast when you start out, but when you get there.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.
You may boast to strangers, but tell the truth to your own people.
I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I've been proven wrong. So I'm not boasting about that any longer.
Never be boastful; someone may come along who knew you as a child.
Never boast -- you might meet someone who knew you as a child.
Paris is certainly one of the most boastful of cities, and you could argue that it has had a lot to boast about: at various times the European centre of power, of civilisation, of the arts, and (self-advertisingly, at least) of love.
It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
