To speak of oneself means to lay bare one's own soul, expose it like a body to the sun. To lay bare one's own soul is not at all like taking off one's brassiere on a crowded beach!
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
I'm not one to speak about myself. I like to speak about the people around me.
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or madness; we are no longer at all habituated to our own voices, except in conversation or from within the safety of a shouting crowd.
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
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