Famous Baltasar Gracian Quotations

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

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"Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong."

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"It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you."

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"A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity"

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"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

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"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends"

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"All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that."

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"All that really belongs to us is time even he who has nothing else has that."

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"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."

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"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."

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"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."

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"Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others."

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"Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side"

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"Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance."

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"Friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evil."

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"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment."

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"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment"

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"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."

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"He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold."

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"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward."

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"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward"

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"It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed."

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"Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier."

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"Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose."

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"Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art"

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"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it"

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"One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground"

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"Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light."

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"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."

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"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."

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"The path to greatness is along with others"

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"The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good."

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"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally."

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"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally"

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"There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled."

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"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 islandà.to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing"

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"Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit."

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"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."

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"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

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"Good things, when short, are twice as good."

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"Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies."

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"A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

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"The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause."

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"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other ones invariably slink in after it."

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"Have friends. 'Tis a second existence."

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"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."

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"Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not."

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"To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth."

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"It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it."

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"The wise does at once what the fool does at last."

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"Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one."

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