Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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

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

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...

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.

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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,...

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...

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others...

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

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...

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

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...

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.

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...

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

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 has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

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