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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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...

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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...

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

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.

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...

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

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...

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.