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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

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

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

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...

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

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

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

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.

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.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

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...

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

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

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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...

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by...

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by...