To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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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...

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

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.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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

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

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...

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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...

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others...

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others...

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

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

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

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...

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

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,...

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.