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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Action Quotes, Being Content Quotes

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

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...

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

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

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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...

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.

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...

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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 do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

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

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

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...