To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
More Quotes from Baltasar Gracian:
The more merit, the less affection.Baltasar Gracian
Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
Baltasar Gracian
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Baltasar Gracian
At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.
Baltasar Gracian
The path to greatness is along with others.
Baltasar Gracian
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Baltasar Gracian
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: obligeShe saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendors of the spirit.
Sri Aurobindo
I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards.
Mathias Rust
Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
Lou Brock