Quotes by Baltasar Gracián

Baltasar Gracián

Baltasar Gracián

Spanish Jesuit and philosopher

Lived from: 1601 - 1658

Category: Philosophers Country: FlagSpain

Born: 8 january 1601 Died: 6 december 1658

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  • It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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  • It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
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  • It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.
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  • It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
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  • Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
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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.
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  • Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
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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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  • Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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  • Make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with the advantages of instruction.
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  • Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.
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  • Man's life is a warfare against the malice of men.
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  • Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
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  • Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.
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  • Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
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  • Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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  • Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
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  • Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other ones invariably slink in after it.
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  • One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
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  • Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.
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