He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule on himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Philippine about ridicule
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Great boaster, little doer.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Great boasters, little doers.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.
Proverbs and old sayings German about ancestors
No one boasts of what belongs to another.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan
He boasts, with foreign feathers.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
Believe a boaster as you would a liar.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wine, wife, good, good luck, things, money
The boaster and the proud person are fools.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about proudness, people
Those away from the battlefield boast about their swords.
Proverbs and old sayings
Envy waits on boasting.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about envy
He makes idle boasting.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
They can do least who boast loudest.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
It is one thing to boast, another to fight.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about fight, things
Do not boast about your wealth if you are a father.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about wealth
A farmer does not boast that he has had a good harvest until his stock of yams lasts till the following harvest season.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about season, good, good luck
Great boast and small roast makes unsavory mouths.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
Don't boast when you start out, but when you get there.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
The wise man boasts of his goods and wares; the foolish one of his young wife.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wife, man
A great boaster is rarely a great performer.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
