I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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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.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

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.

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

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

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.

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...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

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...

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

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...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.