Baltasar Gracian
Quotations
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“Work is the price which is paid for reputation.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“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
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“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.” -Baltasar Gracian
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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.” -Baltasar Gracian
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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.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.” -Baltasar Gracian
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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 island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other’s slave.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“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
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“The things we remember best are those better forgotten.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“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
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“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.” -Baltasar Gracian
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“Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.” -Baltasar Gracian
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. – Baltasar Gracian
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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
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