God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two
soul-sides, one to face the world with, One to show a woman
when he loves her!
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While Franklin 's quiet memory climbs to heaven, Calming the lightning which he thence hath riven, Or drawing from the no less kindled earth Freedom and peace to that which Boasts his birth; While Washington 's a watchword, such as ne'er Shall sink while there's an echo left to air.
lord byronA town that Boasts inhabitants like me Can have no lack of good society.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow[I]t would be a piece of ingenuousness to accuse the man of to-day of his lack of moral code. The accusation would leave him cold, or rather, would flatter him. Immoralism has become a commonplace, and anybody and everybody Boasts of practising it.
josé ortega y gassetListening a cultivated person of today that jokes and almost Boasts about his scientific ignorance, is as sad as listening a scientist that Boasts about not having read any poem.
carlo rovelliHe, that noble prize possessing He that Boasts a friend that's true, He whom woman's love is blessing, Let him join the chorus too!
friedrich von schillerModest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note; Braggarts and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring Boasts from his little throat.
william cullen bryantBengaluru also Boasts of having the largest number of households with an annual income of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 1 million) or more.
To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty Boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.
george henry lewesAnd this Nation, for all its hopes and all its Boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.