Quotes by Baltasar Gracian

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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  • Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.
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  • Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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  • The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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  • The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
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  • The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom
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  • The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom
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  • The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.
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  • The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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  • The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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  • 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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  • Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom
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  • Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love.
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  • To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
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  • To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
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  • To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
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  • True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
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  • What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.
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  • When desire dies, fear is born.
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