A Man's Talk Better than Himself
S. Baring-Gould, M. A. Galatians 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. A hungry man once caught and killed a nightingale that filled a grove with its song. A bird that makes so much noise, thought he, must be something. So he plucked it. And lo! it was no bigger than a sparrow. "Ah!" said the man, "I see what you are. You are voice and nothing else." So it is with not a few. They are full of vauntings, they talk of their goodness, their liberality the whole parish rings with the praises of themselves, which they warble so well. But pluck them, strip them of all appearances, and you will find them "voice and nothing else." A great deal of talk, and very little action. (S. Baring-Gould, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. WEB: For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.