Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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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...

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

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

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...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

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

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

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...

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...

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

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...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

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...

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,...

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.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

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

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

It takes two hands to clap.

It takes two hands to clap.

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...