Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

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

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

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

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

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.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

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...

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.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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...

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.