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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Evil Quotes

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

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 beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

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.

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

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

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

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

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;...

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

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

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

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

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

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.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

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...

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.