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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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

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

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...

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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.

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...

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

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...

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.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

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 contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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...

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.