I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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

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

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...

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

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

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

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 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...

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

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...

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...

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

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.

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.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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...

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...

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.

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...