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