It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Courtesy Quotes

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

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.

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

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

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

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

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

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...

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,...

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

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...

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

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...