I would define boastfulness to be the pretension to good which the boaster does not possess. Votes: 0
Love is a boaster at heart, who cannot hide the stolen horse without giving a glimpse of the bridle. Votes: 0
Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums. Votes: 0
What will this boaster produce worthy of this mouthing? The mountains are in labor; a ridiculous mouse will be born. [Lat., Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu? Parturiunt montes; nascetur ridiculus mus.] Votes: 0