No one ever boasted without paying dearly.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
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A boaster and a liar are cousins.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
When a poor man gets something he boasts of his new wealth.
Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, man
He who boasts of his ancestry unduly will bring plenty of trouble upon himself.
Proverbs and old sayings
Who is timid in the woods boasts at home.
Proverbs and old sayings Thai about home
The bald woman boasts of her sister's hair.
Proverbs and old sayings Tunisian about woman
A man who is putting on his armour for war should not boast like a man who's taking it off.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about war, man
It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth
All my goods are of silver and gold, even my copper kettle, says the boaster.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about day, good, good luck
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.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about talking, knowledge, money
