Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. M
  4. Michel de Montaigne
  5. Dont discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you...

Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

Michel de Montaigne
Praise, Belittle, Ifs
Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 8, 1595.
Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.