Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
Quote by Baltasar Gracian
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Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
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Baltasar Gracian Quotes
- Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
- He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
- 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.
- Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
- Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
- 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.
- 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.
- The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
- 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.
- The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Best Quotes
- A government of laws, and not of men.
- Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
- The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
- Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
- My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.
- A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
- Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive
- Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court?
- Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
- Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.