Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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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...

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

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.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

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...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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,...

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things...

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things...

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...