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

And how great soever a Man's Talents may be, unless they be cultivated, they are but half-talents.
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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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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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
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Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
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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

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
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Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
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hope

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
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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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time

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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The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
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He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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respect

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

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
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When desire dies, fear is born.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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anger

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
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work

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

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
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