For men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they vaunt their own actions.

ὅπου γὰρ τοὺς ὄντως ἄνδρας ἀγαθοὺς οἷς πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ σύνισμεν ἔργα, τοὺς καθ᾿ ἑαυτῶν ἐπαίνους ἐὰν λέγωσιν, οὐ φέρομεν.

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