Author of quotes: Baltasar Gracian-and-Morales

Many publishers have created their enemies.

Dreams will not lead you anywhere, but a good kick in the ass let down where necessary.

What nicer thing would be to forget that we best remember.

Speech - shadows of actions: speech female, deeds are male.

Actions - the fruits of the thoughts. Was reasonable thoughts - will be good deeds.

A fool is one who destroys the excess of the mind.

Intelligence without wisdom is double madness.

The world is full of fools, but one folly, does not notice, does not even know.

Appreciate all the wise, because in every good notices.

Never show the half of it - even admire in its completed form. The beginning is always awkward, and ungainly the image is in the imagination: the memory of him stopping to enjoy the thing already completed.

Always something to be desired - so as not to be miserable from satiety of happiness. The body breathes, the spirit craves. If we all, we all would be nice, boring; even the mind has to keep something unknown to him, arousing curiosity. Hope inspires, the abundance of the ruins. Even more rewarding, not to satisfy completely; when there is nothing to desire, wait evil: happiness is - unfortunate. End desire, start fears.

The domination of his passions - the attribute of the Supreme greatness of spirit. This elevation protects the spirit from alien baser influences. There is no higher power than the power over themselves, over their passions, than the victory over their willfulness.

Not to lie, but the whole truth not to speak. Nothing requires such careful handling as the truth, is bleeding from the heart of our.

To each to pick up the pick. This is the art to manage people. It requires not courage, and skill, the ability to find an approach to man. Everyone has a passion - they are different for different natural inclination. All people - idolaters: the idol some - honors other - self-interest, and most - prestigious. The trick is to guess which one idol, and then apply the proper remedy, the key to the passions of the middle. Find Prime mover: it is not always sublime, often low, because people are flawed more than decent. Need to catch nature by surprise, to find a weak spot and move to attack that same passion is the victory over self-willed nature provided.