Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Arguments Quotes, Debate Quotes

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

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.

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...

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...

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

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...

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

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...

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

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

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

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

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...

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.