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Baltasar Gracian Quotes

Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Spanish Philosopher Quotes Year of Birth: 1601 Year of Death: 1658 Nationality: Spanish Find on Amazon: Baltasar Gracian Related Authors: Friedrich Nietzsche Plato Thomas Carlyle Aristotle Francis Bacon Bertrand Russell Blaise Pascal George Santayana

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself. Baltasar Gracian A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. Baltasar Gracian A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. Baltasar Gracian A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity. Baltasar Gracian A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Baltasar Gracian Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching. Baltasar Gracian Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. Baltasar Gracian Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one. Baltasar Gracian At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing. Baltasar Gracian 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 Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed. Baltasar Gracian Be content to act, and leave the talking to others. Baltasar Gracian Begin with another's to end with your own. Baltasar Gracian Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. 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. Baltasar Gracian Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. Baltasar Gracian Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way. Baltasar Gracian Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. Baltasar Gracian Evil report carries further than any applause. Baltasar Gracian Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave. Baltasar Gracian Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders. Baltasar Gracian Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. Baltasar Gracian Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. Baltasar Gracian Have friends. 'Tis a second existence. Baltasar Gracian He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. Baltasar Gracian He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave. Baltasar Gracian He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well. Baltasar Gracian Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. Baltasar Gracian Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check. Baltasar Gracian I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. Baltasar Gracian It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it. 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. Baltasar Gracian It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. Baltasar Gracian It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. Baltasar Gracian Know or listen to those who know. Baltasar Gracian Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. Baltasar Gracian Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second. Baltasar Gracian Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. Baltasar Gracian Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. Baltasar Gracian Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. Baltasar Gracian Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. Baltasar Gracian Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose. Baltasar Gracian Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. Baltasar Gracian Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. Baltasar Gracian Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. Baltasar Gracian One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. Baltasar Gracian Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do. Baltasar Gracian Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. Baltasar Gracian The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. Baltasar Gracian The things we remember best are those better forgotten. Baltasar Gracian The wise does at once what the fool does at last. Baltasar Gracian There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. Baltasar Gracian There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled. Baltasar Gracian Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets. Baltasar Gracian Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it. Baltasar Gracian 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 To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. Baltasar Gracian To oblige persons often costs little and helps much. Baltasar Gracian True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island..to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. Baltasar Gracian True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. Baltasar Gracian We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend. Baltasar Gracian When desire dies, fear is born. Baltasar Gracian Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit. Baltasar Gracian Work is the price which is paid for reputation. Baltasar Gracian

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