Baltasar Gracian Quotes

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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

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

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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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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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Friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evil.

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

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

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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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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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Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.

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

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

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