“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”
Jealousy
“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”
FriendshipAll Quotes by Baltasar Gracian
“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”
Anger“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”
Communication“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.”
Dreams“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.”
Alone“The things we remember best are those better forgotten.”
Best“Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.”
Anger“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
Alone“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.”
Art“Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.”
Patience“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.”
Best“Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.”
Hope“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.”
Knowledge“When desire dies, fear is born.”
Fear“True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.”
Knowledge“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.”
Teacher“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.”
Business“Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”
Happiness“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”
Friendship“Know or listen to those who know.”
Motivational