To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.

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.

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...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

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

Never open the door to a 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.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

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.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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...

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

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...

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.

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and...

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and...

INFLUENCE, n. In politics, a visionary _quo_ given in exchange for a substantial _quid_.

INFLUENCE, n. In politics, a visionary _quo_ given in exchange for a substantial _quid_.