“ If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. ”
- Bern Williams- Copy
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“ It will yet be the proud boast of women that they never contributed a line to the Bible. ”
- George W. Foote- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,His first, best country ever is, at home. ”
- Oliver Goldsmith- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise! ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Far off I hear the crowing of the cocks, And through the opening door that time unlocks Feel the fresh breathing of To-morrow creep. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
- 3.3K
“ The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. ”
- Thomas Overbury- Copy
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“ We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
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“ For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God., not as a result of works, that no one should boast. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
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“ If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
- 403
“ Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. ”
- Sidney J. Harris- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
- 4K
“ None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married. ”
- Edgar Watson Howe- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Those who boast of their decent, brag on what they owe to others. ”
- Marcus Annaeus Seneca- Copy
- 3.4K
“ We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? ”
- Samuel Beckett- Copy
- 1.5K
“ We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 2.1K
“ We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear. ”
- King Hussein- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day might bring forth. ”
- King Solomon- Copy
- 3K
“ If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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