When desire dies, fear is born.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

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...

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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...

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

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

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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,...

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

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...

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 equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

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...

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

We learn something every day, and lots of times its that what we learned the...

We learn something every day, and lots of times its that what we learned the...

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...