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IT IS ONE THING TO BE SMART AND KNOW IT AND ANOTHER TO BE SMART AND
LET EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW IT.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; TOLD IN

James Callow Keyword(s): BRAGGING EGOTISM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

EVERY BIRD BRAGS ABOUT ITS OWN SWAMP.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EGOTISM ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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PROVERBIAL SAYING

A PERSON WHO PRAISES HIMSELF IS NO DARN GOOD.

Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; EGOTISM ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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BLASON POPULAIRE

A PERSON WHO GETS ALL WRAPPED UP IN HIMSELF MAKES A
VERY SMALL PACKAGE.

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER YOUTH

Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; EGOTISM ; OBSERVATION ; PUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 12-02-1967

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