True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

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;...

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 of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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.

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.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

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...

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...