Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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...

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.

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...

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 single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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

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

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...

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

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...

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.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

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

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

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.