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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to know

When in doubt, follow the suit of the wise and prudent.
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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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There are mirrors for the face, but none for the mind.
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mind

The perfect does not lie in quantity but in quality.
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perfection

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
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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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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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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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