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Biography - Baltasar Gracian:

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

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.


Note 

Note



Maxim CXXXVIII


Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Wikisource - Baltasar Gracián - L’Homme de cour (fr) 



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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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il y a des tempêtes et des ouragans dans la vie humaine ; c'est prudence de se retirer au port pour les laisser passer. Très souvent les remèdes font empirer les maux.

German
Es entstehen zuweilen in der menschlichen Gesellschaft gefährliche Wirbelwinde, Ungewitter die aus dem Willen der Menschen ihren Ursprung nehmen: Alsdenn ist es eine Klugheit, sich in den sicheren Hafen retirieren, und allda Stille zu liegen, bis das Wetter ausgeraset. Oft macht man übel Ärger eben durch die Hilfsmittel, dadurch man sich zu helfen gedachte.




See also 

See also...



Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being bored.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Live out your life without restraint in entire gladness even if all men shout what they please against you.

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.





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Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.











Quotes for: Prudence


Quotes

Quotes for: Prudence


The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.





When in doubt, follow the suit of the wise and prudent.





Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.





The cautious seldom err.





A wise and prudent king knows how to make use of even the least of his subjects.





A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent.











Quotes

Baltasar Gracian also said...


True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.





Know or listen to those who know.





When in doubt, follow the suit of the wise and prudent.





Hope is a great falsifier of truth.





Fortune is weary to carry one and the same man always upon her shoulders.





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












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