"Seldom do we talk of ourselves with success. If I condemn myself, more is believed than is expressed; if I praise myself, much less."
- Henry Home, Lord Kames

"Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for someone to complain to."
- Henry Louis Mencken

"Is it natural to boast and regard yourself highly? It may depend on the type of person you are."
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"You can always tell when a man is a great ways from God--he is always talking about himself, how good he is. But the moment he sees God by the eye of faith, he is down on his knees, and, like Job, he cries, 'Behold I am vile.'"
- Dwight Lyman Moody

"The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie."
- Johann Georg von Zimmermann