“He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.”

Don Juan Manuel
Dreams Neutral

Explore This Quote Further

Quote by Don Juan Manuel: “He who praises you for what you lack wishes to t… - Image 1

Similar quotes

“Si al comienzo no muestras quien eres, nunca podras despues cuando quieres.”


“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse.”


“When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.”


“You are lost the instant you know what the result will be.”


“What you see is not what wee se. What you see is distracted by memory, by being who you are, all this time, for all these years.”


“See what's inside a drop of water. The whole seed of the universe. Come, come. See what's inside a drop of blood. The composition of life. It's all there. Hate as well. We approach the mystery of life, but it's impossible to understand the mystery of hate. The kind of hate that causes people not only to kill, but to want to erase you from the census of births. I have to concentrate on that mystery. Read everything there is. It has to be in a drop of blood. It has to have its chemistry.”