BOASTING

Related Subjects: Arrogance, Braggart, Conceit, Exaggeration, Ostentation, Pride, Vanity, Vulgarity

1. Much outcry, little outcome.—AESOP, The Mountains in Labor
   

2. I winna blaw about mysel,
   As ill I like my faults to tell.—BURNS, First Epistle to J. Lapraik
   

3. Yet if thou sin in wine or wantonness,
   Boast not thereof; nor make thy shame thy glory.—GEORGE HERBERT, The Church-Porch
   

4. Ye deedless boasters!—HOMER, Odyssey
   

5. Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.—SAMUEL JOHNSON, The Rambler
   

6. If you stop to consider the work you have done
   And to boast what your labour is worth, dear,
   Angels may come for you, Willie, my son,
   But you'll never be wanted on Earth, dear!—KIPLING, Mary's Son
   

7. Let him not boast who pats his armor on
   As he who puts it off, the battle done.—LONGFELLOW, Morituri Salutamus
   

8. The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.—JOHN LYLY, Euphues

9. A man destitute of courage, but boasting of his glorious achievements, imposes on strangers, but is the derision of those who know him.—PHAEDRUS, Fables
   

10. A boaster and a liar are cousins.—Proverb
    

11. Great boast, small roast.—Proverb
    

12. He that boasteth of himself affronteth his company.—Proverb
    

13. He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance.—Proverb
    

14. He who blushes at riding in a rattle-trap, will boast when he rides in style.—SENECA, Epistulae ad Lucilium
    

15. We'll have a swashing and a martial outside,
    As many other mannish cowards have.—SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It
    

16. The saying is true, "The empty vessel makes the greatest sound."—SHAKESPEARE, Henry V
    

17. Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.—EDWARD YOUNG, Night Thoughts