Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Action Quotes, Being Content Quotes

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

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...

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds...

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds...

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

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...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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

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

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...

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,...

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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.

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from...

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from...