Baltasar Gracian Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.”
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“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
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“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
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“A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.”
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“Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.”
-- Baltasar GracianSource : Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.18, Shambhala Publications
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“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
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“It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.”
-- Baltasar GracianSource : Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.86, Shambhala Publications
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“Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.”
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“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
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“Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”
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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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“A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.”
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“Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.”
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“Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.”
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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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“There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.”
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“Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.”
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“He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.”
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“Work is the price which is paid for reputation.”
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“A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.”
-- Baltasar GracianSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.”
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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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“There is no wilderness like a life without friends; friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes; it is a unique remedy against adversity, and it soothes the soul.”
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“We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.”
-- Baltasar GracianSource : Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.71, Shambhala Publications
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“Make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with the advantages of instruction.”
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“Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.”
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“Begin with another's to end with your own.”
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“Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.”
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