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Baltasar Gracian quotes: Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness. Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well. He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common. Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Be extraordinary in your excellence, if you like, but be ordinary in your display of it. Be extraordinary in your excellence, if you like, but be ordinary in your display of it.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect. Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done. For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Keep to yourself the final touches of your art. Keep to yourself the final touches of your art.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Things have their time, even eminence bows to timeliness. Things have their time, even eminence bows to timeliness.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young. When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him. The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed. There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Knowledge without wisdom is double folly. Knowledge without wisdom is double folly.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The worthless usually live long. The worthless usually live long.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it. It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Beauty and folly are generally companions. Beauty and folly are generally companions.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The more merit, the less affection. The more merit, the less affection.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: A person has everything who cares nothing about what matters little. A person has everything who cares nothing about what matters little.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see. When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater. Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Hope is a great falsifier of truth. Hope is a great falsifier of truth.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Respect yourself is you would have others respect you. Respect yourself is you would have others respect you.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself. You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied. A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others. None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it. Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self. There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions. Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody. It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love. Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends . The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .
Baltasar Gracian quotes: All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal. All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Admiration is the basis of ignorance. Admiration is the basis of ignorance.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Put a grain of boldness into everything you do. Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with the advantages of instruction. Make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with the advantages of instruction.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard. The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The truths that matter most to us come always half spoken. The truths that matter most to us come always half spoken.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone. Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them. The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Knowledge without courage is sterile. Knowledge without courage is sterile.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: One who was adored by all in prosperity is abhorred by all in adversity. One who was adored by all in prosperity is abhorred by all in adversity.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Only Truth can give true reputation: only reality can be of real profit. Only Truth can give true reputation: only reality can be of real profit.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be. The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: There is no better remedy for disorder than to let it runs its course; it will then disappear on its own. There is no better remedy for disorder than to let it runs its course; it will then disappear on its own.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Know your unlucky days, for the exist. Nothing will work out right and, even though you change your game, your bad luck will remain. Know your unlucky days, for the exist. Nothing will work out right and, even though you change your game, your bad luck will remain.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows. You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already. Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement. Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Nor should we lose heart if something doesn't please someone, for there'll always be someone else it does. Nor should we lose heart if something doesn't please someone, for there'll always be someone else it does.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing. Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness. The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching. For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: There is no desert like being friendless. There is no desert like being friendless.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: There is no wilderness like a life without friends. There is no wilderness like a life without friends.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies. Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Hear, see, and be silent. Hear, see, and be silent.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste. Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are. The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad. Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Things are done quickly enough if done well. If just quickly done they can be quickly undone. Things are done quickly enough if done well. If just quickly done they can be quickly undone.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal. He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else. To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations. You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time. God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier. Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it. When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do. Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century. You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend. We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled. There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone. Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Hurry is the weakness of fools. Hurry is the weakness of fools.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth. Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself. Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art. Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Man's life is militia against man's malice. Man's life is militia against man's malice.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Self-reflection is the school of wisdom. Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The more pains you take with a thing, the more should you conceal them, so that it may appear to arise spontaneously from your own natural character. The more pains you take with a thing, the more should you conceal them, so that it may appear to arise spontaneously from your own natural character.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Surfeits of happiness are fatal. Surfeits of happiness are fatal.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable. Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Superiority is always detested. Superiority is always detested.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The wise does at once what the fool does at last. The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing. There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The right kind of leisure is better than the wrong kind of work. The right kind of leisure is better than the wrong kind of work.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession. You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground
Baltasar Gracian quotes: Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do. Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it. The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.
Baltasar Gracian quotes: They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least. They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.

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