“Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.”
Anger
“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.”
BestAll Quotes by Baltasar Gracian
“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.”
Best“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”
Motivational“Know or listen to those who know.”
Motivational“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
Friendship“Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.”
Hope“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”
Communication“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”
Friendship“Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.”
Hope“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.”
Teacher“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.”
Dreams“A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.”
Age“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.”
Knowledge“True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.”
Knowledge“Work is the price which is paid for reputation.”
Work“When desire dies, fear is born.”
Fear“Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”
Happiness“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.”
Friendship“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”
Jealousy“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.”
Art