Evil report carries further than any applause

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Applause Quotes, Evil Quotes

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;...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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...

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...

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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.

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...

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.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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...

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

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

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Most of us women like men, you know; it's just that we find them a...

Most of us women like men, you know; it's just that we find them a...

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself