Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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...

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

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...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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

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

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

No rational order of divine intelligence unites species. The natural ties are genealogical along contingent...

No rational order of divine intelligence unites species. The natural ties are genealogical along contingent...

Not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

Not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.