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Eygen lob stinckt.
Laudet te os alienum
Wer wol thut/ lobt sich selber wol. Es ist
eim jeden Menschen lieber/ mañ lobe in/
dann daß mann in schelte. Und kein mensch ist
so demütig/ daß er nit wolt gelobt werden.

Translation

Self-praise stinks.
Let someone else praise you.
He who does good praises himself very well. It is better for every man to be praised than to be scolded. And no man is so humble that he does not want to be praised.

Author

Franck, Sebastian

Reference

Franck, Sebastian: Sprichworter, schöne, weise Klugreden. p. 113r

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