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Famous Baltasar Gracian Quotes
“The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.”
“Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.”
“Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.”
“The path to greatness is along with others.”
“He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.”
“The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.”
“Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.”
“Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.”
“All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.”
“Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.”
“The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.”
“Begin with another's to end with your own.”
“Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.”
“You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.”
“Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.”
“When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.”
“One who was abhorred by all in prosperity is adored by all in adversity.”
“The greatest wisdom often consist in ignorance.”
“Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.”
“To be at ease is better than to be at business.”