Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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...

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

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;...

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...

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.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

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...

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

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

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

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

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,...

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.

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,...

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

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

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

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...

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.