Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

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.

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.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

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

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

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...

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,...

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

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...

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

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

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

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

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...

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...

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.