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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Action Quotes, Being Content Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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...

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for 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...

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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;...

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

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

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.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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.