“Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.” LittlesPayEnemyNiceHonorCostLosingAdvantageTreatsValuableHonoredCourtesyPolitenessDividends Author:Baltasar Gracian
“Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.” PeopleLittlesPersonsShowsLeftTalentLimitsExpectationsEach DaySurprisingDisplayNoveltyShowing OffBragging Author:Baltasar Gracian
“It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.” LittlesWould BeToo MuchInjusticeMannersCourtesyCourteous Author:Baltasar Gracian
“Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.” LittlesSaidAddSpeakers Author:Baltasar Gracian
“To oblige people often costs little and helps much.” LittlesPersonsHelpingCost Author:Baltasar Gracian
“The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.” InspirationalGivingShouldMayLittlesArtMotivationalCostGreat ArtAppreciated Author:Baltasar Gracian
“Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.” LittlesMysteryCharismaVeneration Author:Baltasar Gracian
“Many get the repute of being witty but thereby lose the credit of being sensible. Jest has its little hour, seriousness should have all the rest.” ShouldLittlesHoursLosesShould HaveWittyCreditWitSensibleSeriousnessJest Book:The Art of Worldly Wisdom Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not.” PeopleThinkingLittlesIdeas Author:Baltasar Gracian
