Baltasar Gracian

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Biography : Spanish Jesuit and philosopher.
Born: 1601 - Died: 1658
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: Spain
Spain

Spain

Baltasar Gracian - Quotes

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
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True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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Know or listen to those who know.
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Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
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oneself

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.
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Freedom is more precious than any gifts for which you may be tempted to give it up.
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When in doubt, follow the suit of the wise and prudent.
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We live to know and to know ourselves.
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Hope is a great falsifier of truth.
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Fortune is weary to carry one and the same man always upon her shoulders.
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There are hurricanes in human affairs, tempests of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbor and ride it out at anchor. Remedies often make diseases worse.
Baltasar Gracian - The Art of Worldly Wisdom /

There are hurricanes in human affairs, tempests of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbor and ride it out at anchor. Remedies often make diseases worse.

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There is no higher rule than that over oneself, over one's impulses: there is the triumph of free will.
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Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.
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Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.

It is the fool's misfortune to fail in obtaining the position, the employment, the neighbourhood, and the circle of friends that suit him.
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friendship

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
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Some reckon books by the thickness, as if they were written to try the brawn more than the brain.
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book

Think with the Few and speak with the Many.
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to think

There are mirrors for the face, but none for the mind.
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The perfect does not lie in quantity but in quality.
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perfection

He has done much who leaves nothing over till tomorrow.
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Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
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The impulses of the passions cause prudence to slip, and there is the risk of ruin.
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Festina lente is a royal motto.
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You can tell metals by their ring and men by their voice.
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One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
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Fine behaviour is a joy in life, and a pleasant expression helps out of a difficulty in a remarkable way.
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Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.
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The greatest skill in any deed consists in the sure mastery with which it is executed.
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It is a great aim of prudence never to be embarrassed. It is the sign of a real man, of a noble heart, for magnanimity is not easily put out.
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Many never lose their common sense, because they have none to lose.
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