One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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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...

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

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

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

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;...

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

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

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

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

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

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 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...

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,...

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...

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.