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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

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

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

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

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...

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...

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,...

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 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...

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

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

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

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

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

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.

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

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

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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

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

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,...

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...