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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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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...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

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...

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

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

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,...

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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...

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

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

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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,...

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.