Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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...

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

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

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

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...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

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.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

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...

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

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

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

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,...

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...

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

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

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

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,...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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...