Others will give you credit if credit you are due <br />And that self praise is no praise happens to be true <br />He told me without asking of his great job and his recent huge raise <br />He did seem so willing for to sing his own praise <br />I put up with his bragging did not wish to be rude <br />For rudeness can seem so insulting and crude <br />Listening to self praise can be quite hard to bear <br />But sad to think such people are no longer rare <br />Self praise it is no praise some are known to say <br />Whilst others see self promotion as quite okay <br />And though love of self it is a necessary thing <br />You should leave it to others your praises to sing <br />He felt happy to tell me of his life's success <br />But I'm not an easy one for to impress.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/self-praise-is-no-praise/
