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

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...

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,...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

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.

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...

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.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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...

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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

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

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

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

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

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

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...

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

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...