Baltasar Gracian
Quotes by 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.
— Baltasar Gracian
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
— Baltasar Gracian
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
— Baltasar Gracian
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
— Baltasar Gracian
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
— Baltasar Gracian
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.
— Baltasar Gracian
Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
— Baltasar Gracian
The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
— Baltasar Gracian
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.
— Baltasar Gracian
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
— Baltasar Gracian
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
— Baltasar Gracian
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
— Baltasar Gracian
When desire dies, fear is born.
— Baltasar Gracian
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
— Baltasar Gracian
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
— Baltasar Gracian
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.
— Baltasar Gracian
Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
— Baltasar Gracian
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
— Baltasar Gracian
Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
— Baltasar Gracian
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
— Baltasar Gracian
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
— Baltasar Gracian
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
— Baltasar Gracian
Know or listen to those who know.
— Baltasar Gracian
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
— Baltasar Gracian
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
— Baltasar Gracian
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
— Baltasar Gracian
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
— Baltasar Gracian
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
— Baltasar Gracian