It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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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...

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...

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

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,...

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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

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

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

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...

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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...

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

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

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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.

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,...

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

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

Always do more than is required of you.

Always do more than is required of you.

A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred and we must...

A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred and we must...