Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

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Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

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...

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...

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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...

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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

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

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.