A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a 'No,' sweetens truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those...

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those...

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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

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

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.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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.

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

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

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...

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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...

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...

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,...

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel,...

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel,...

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

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.

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,...

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...

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.