Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity and with peevishness, and your intelligence should plot against it; though it may well be the mark of mental genius to see objection, a wrangler…

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

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...

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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...

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;...

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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...

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.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

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

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

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.