“To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.”
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“When desire dies, fear is born.”
FearAll Quotes by Baltasar Gracian
“True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.”
Knowledge“When desire dies, fear is born.”
Fear“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.”
Teacher“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
Alone“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”
Anger“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“Work is the price which is paid for reputation.”
Work“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”
Friendship“Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.”
Anger“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.”
Knowledge“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”
Jealousy“Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.”
Hope“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”
Communication“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“Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.”
Respect“Know or listen to those who know.”
Motivational“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.”
Art“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.”
Dreams“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.”
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