Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Evil Quotes

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.