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Baltasar Gracian

Baltasar Gracian

Spanish Jesuit and philosopher

Lived from: 1601 - 1658

Category: Philosophers Country: FlagSpain

Born: 8 january 1601 Died: 6 december 1658

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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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  • Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom
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  • If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.
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  • Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.
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  • Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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  • A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
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  • A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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  • A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.
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  • A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
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  • All victories breed hate, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.
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  • Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
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  • Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
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  • At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
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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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  • Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
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  • Begin with another's to end with your own.
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  • Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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  • Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.
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  • Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
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What are the most famous quotes from Baltasar Gracian?

The two most famous quotes from Baltasar Gracian are:

  • "Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side."
  • "A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

When did Baltasar Gracian live?

Baltasar Gracian was born in 1601 and died in the year 1658.