Mostly every one is needing some one to be one listening to that one being one being one boasting.
GERTRUDE STEIN
GERTRUDE STEIN
Gertrude Stein on boast
Gertrude Stein118 quotes“Mostly every one is needing some one to be one listening to that one being one being one boasting.”
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We are a commercial people. We cannot boast of our arts, our crafts, our cultivation; our boast is in the wealth we produce.
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W. Edwards DemingW. Edwards Deming An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature’s, not honour’s law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.
ArchilochusArchilochus Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the’ appointed place we tend; The world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
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