Lest you grieve for what you missed, or rejoice at what you received. God does not love the egoist and the braggart,

Lest you grieve for what you missed, or rejoice at what you received. God does not love the egoist and the braggart,

Turn not thy cheek in scorn toward folk, nor walk with pertness in the land. Lo! Allah loveth not each braggart boaster.

Turn not thy cheek in scorn toward folk, nor walk with pertness in the land. Lo! Allah loveth not each braggart boaster.

so that you may not grieve for what escapes you, nor boast for what comes your way, and Allah does not like any swaggering braggart.

so that you may not grieve for what escapes you, nor boast for what comes your way, and Allah does not like any swaggering braggart.

Do not turn your cheek away disdainfully from the people, and do not walk exultantly on the earth. Indeed Allah does not like any swaggering braggart.

Do not turn your cheek away disdainfully from the people, and do not walk exultantly on the earth. Indeed Allah does not like any swaggering braggart.

And if We let him have a taste of Our blessings after adversities have befallen him, he will surely say, All ills have left me. Indeed, he becomes a vain braggart,

And if We let him have a taste of Our blessings after adversities have befallen him, he will surely say, All ills have left me. Indeed, he becomes a vain braggart,

Among Republicans this sentiment is, of course, no surprise, given their party s steady rightward drift and consistent antipathy toward President Barack Obama. But it suited a wealthy, noisy braggart who barreled into the race attacking conventional politicians as stupid and insisting that he alone could get things done.