quotations about bragging
Often, unaware, our writers paint
Themselves in every hero. Desperate taint!
Braggart authors make wild bragging plays,
Both kings and beggars sounding their own praise.
NICOLAS BOILEAU
The Art of Poetry
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Walden
You will never hear a good word said about a bragger, unless you hear him talk about himself.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Bravado may stir the crowd, but courage needs no audience.
T. F. HODGE
From Within I Rise
People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE
Country Town Sayings
The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it.
GENE BROWN
attributed, Wise Old Sayings
If you done it, it ain't bragging.
DIZZY DEAN
attributed, The Bar Examiner, 1981
Bragging is an ailment,
Bragging is a blight;
Bragging is an attribute
Of a silly wight.
RALPH M. THOMSON
"Bragging,", Medical Pickwick, vol. 8
Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag.
JOHN STEINBECK
East of Eden
You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives--man doesn't get anywhere without advertising.
JOHN NANCY GARNER
attributed, And I Quote
Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.
ELLEN GOULD WHITE
Evangelism
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
English Traits
Great boast, small roast.
CHINESE PROVERB
Bragging is like a cawing crow: The louder it caws, the more unpleasant the noise.
J. DONALD WALTERS
Little Secrets of Happiness
Now I'm not too keen about bragging on myself
But you must admit I was the best.
KIM S. JONES
"Cup of Coffee,", Ideas Echo Like Acoustics