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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Intelligent Quotes, Life Quotes

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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,...

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

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

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

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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 a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

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,...

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

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;...

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small...

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...