一個人回到了家鄉，就向周圍的人吹噓自己在外地所經曆的各種精彩的、英勇的事跡。他吹噓自己在愛琴海東南部的羅得島創下了世界跳高的記錄，所有的人都甘拜下風，而且當時在場的人都可以為他作證。這時，一位旁觀者打斷他的話，說道： “如果你說的是真的，那麼，我的朋友，現在就把這裏當做羅得島向我們展示一下你的實力吧！ ”
取得了成績是不需要自吹自擂的。
A Man who had traveled in fn lands boasted very mu returning to his own any wonderful as he had performed in the different places he had visited. Ams，he said that whe Rhodes he had leaped to such a dista no man of his day could leap anywhere near him as to that，there were in Rhodes many persons who saw him do it and whom he could call as witnesses. Oaed him，saying，”Now，my good man，if this be all true there is nesses. Suppose this to be Rhodes，and leap for us.”
He who does a thing well does o boast.