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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

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.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

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...

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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...

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

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...

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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

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

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

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

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...

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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.

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

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