Writer Frank Trippett explains why the person who blows his own horn may, ironically, lower his esteem in the eyes of others: “Everybody knows at heart that boasting usually signals some pathetic private weaknesses.”
Mwandikaji Frank Trippett aeleza kwa nini mtu anayepiga tarumbeta yake mwenyewe anaweza, kwa njia ya kejeli, kushusha heshima yake machoni pa wengine: “Kila mtu anajua kutoka moyoni kwamba kujisifu kwa kawaida huonyesha udhaifu fulani wa faragha wenye kuhuzunisha.”