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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

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

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

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...

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

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

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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.

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

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...

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

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...

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

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

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.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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.

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.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.