Quotes by Baltasar Gracian - AI Generated Quotes

Baltasar Gracian

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

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age

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

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alone

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

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alone

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

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anger

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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anger

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.

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art

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

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beauty

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

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best

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.

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best

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

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best

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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business

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

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communication

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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courage

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

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dreams

When desire dies, fear is born.

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fear

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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friendship

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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friendship

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.

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friendship

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.

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good

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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good

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

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good

Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

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happiness

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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hope

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

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hope

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

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jealousy

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

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knowledge

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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knowledge

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.

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life

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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life

Know or listen to those who know.

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motivational

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

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motivational

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.

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nature

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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patience

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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power

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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respect

Baltasar Gracian

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

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.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

When desire dies, fear is born.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Know or listen to those who know.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

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