It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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...

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

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,...

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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

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

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...

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

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...

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

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.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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...

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...

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.

Proclaim not all thou knowest

Proclaim not all thou knowest