Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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.

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...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

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...

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,...

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...

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.