Evil report carries further than any applause.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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...

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

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

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

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.

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

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...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

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 beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

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.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

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

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

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

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...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

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...

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel,...

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel,...

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...