When desire dies, fear is born.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

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,...

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.

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...

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds...

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds...

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

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

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

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.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

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.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.