He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another. - Seneca
He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance
Critic, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him. - Ambrose Bierce
It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. - Richard Dawkins
Distorted history boasts of bellicose glory... and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles. - Alfred Adler
If the sound of your voice is not so loud it cannot be ignored, you aren’t quite there yet. You’ll continue to try this for a little while and then switch to that. You’ll chase everything that boasts of success but never truly find fulfillment in it. - Suzette Hinton