To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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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...

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.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

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.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

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

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

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...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

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...

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

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...