Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

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...

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...

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

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.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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

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

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

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...

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a...

Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a...