55 Proverbs about Boast / Page 2
21. He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money.
22. He that boasteth of himself affronteth his company.
23. Speak little of your ill luck, and boast not of your good luck.
24. Boast to a stranger, complain only to your friends.
25. Those away from the battlefield boast about their swords.
26. There are three "too much" and three "too little" that can bring a fool down: too much spending and too little money; too much talking and too little knowledge; and too much boasting and too little earnings.
27. A boaster and a liar are cousins.
28. Great boaster, little doer.
29. Great boasters, little doers.
30. The wise man boasts of his goods and wares; the foolish one of his young wife.
31. Don't boast when you start out, but when you get there.
32. He boasts, with foreign feathers.
33. When a poor man gets something he boasts of his new wealth.
34. He who boasts of his ancestry unduly will bring plenty of trouble upon himself.
35. Bad to do evil, but worse to boast about it.
36. Boast not of tomorrow, for you know not what the day may bring forth.
37. Do not boast of a thing until it is done.
38. He who boasts of his descent is like a potato: the best part is underground.
39. Who is timid in the woods boasts at home.
40. Envy waits on boasting.
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