Know or listen to those who know.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

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

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

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 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.

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

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...

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.