Website owner: James Miller
Say nothing of yourself, either good, bad, or indifferent;
nothing good for that is vanity; nothing bad for that is
affectation; nothing indifferent, for that is silly.
It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate
one's self too cheap.
Goethe
A man's praises have very musical and charming accents in the
mouth of another, but sound very flat and untunable in his own.
Xenophon
A man's accusations of himself are always believed; his
praises of self never.
Montaigne
There is not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.
Shakespeare
Self-praise occasionally succeeds with ignorant and credulous
persons; very seldom with those who have much knowledge of the
world. He who can make a discerning mind think more highly of
him for what he says of himself, must be a person of unusual
ability and address.
G. W. Harvey
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a
stranger, and not thine own lips.
Prov. 27:2
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