Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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

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

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

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 contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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...

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

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...

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

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

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.

It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.