The more merit, the less affection

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Affection Quotes, Merit Quotes

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

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

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

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

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

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.

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,...

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

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

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

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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,...

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.