About This Quote
This quote is saying that you should not boast about things that you have received. What do you have that you did not receive? I believe the purpose of this quote is to show how bad it is to boast about receiving things that you haven’t received. If I received something, then I must have worked hard for it. Therefore, I should not brag about receiving it because that means that I didn’t work hard for it.
So what do you have that you did not receive? The answer to this question is very simple: everything. Why do you boast as if you had not received something? The reason is because the boastful person has never worked for or created anything.
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