First, self-praise if blameless if you do it in defending yourself against slander or accusation.... For at such a time, one not only escapes pretension and emptiness, and ostentatiousness in saying something solemn about oneself, but one also shows strength of will and greatness of character.
Plutarch, Moralia, On Inoffensive Self-Praise 540C
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