Bhagavatapurana 4.15.24

4.15.24

mahad-guṇān ātmani kartum īśaḥ kaḥ stāvakaiḥ stāvayate 'sato 'pi /
te 'syābhaviṣyann iti vipralabdho janāvahāsaṃ kumatir na veda //

24. Who, though able to acquire the virtues of the great, would still allow the praise of qualities not actually found in him? or who would allow it even if he should possess them? If any foolish man deceives himself with the hope that he will acquire them, he does not see that he makes himself the butt of ridicule.