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Famous Baltasar Gracian Quotes
“Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.”
“The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable.”
“Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.”
“The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.”
“Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.”
“Peacemakers not only live, they rule life.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.”
“If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.”
“Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Keep to yourself the final touches of your art.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.”
“If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Few are the friends of a mans self, most those of his circumstances.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“There is no need to show your ability before everyone.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Hope is a great falsifier of truth.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom