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Biography - Baltasar Gracian:

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

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.


Note 

Note




Quote source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom

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




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il est aussi ordinaire à la reconnaissance d'oublier, qu'à l'espérance de se souvenir.

German
Die Hoffnung erinnert sich, die Dankbarkeit ist vergesslich.




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Quotes for: hope


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Quotes about hope:


In all things it is better to hope than to despair.





Hope stole into my heart against my will.





Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.





Don't despair.





Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.





Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.











Quotes for: Gratitude


Quotes

Quotes for: Gratitude


In all intense joy there is a feeling of gratitude.





The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.





A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.





One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.





When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.





O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!











Quotes

Quotes for: Forgetting


Don't forget to love yourself.





The thought of death betrays us, for it makes us forget to live.





Culture is what remains when one has forgotten everything we had learned.





It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.





Happy is he who can forget what cannot be anymore changed.





Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.











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 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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