Baltasar Gracian

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of read more

What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.