The more merit, the less affection

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Affection Quotes, Merit Quotes

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any 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

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

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

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things...

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things...

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

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

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

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

Evil events from evil causes spring.

Evil events from evil causes spring.