Baltasar Gracian Quotes - Page 5

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• It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

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  Business, Good Luck, Skills

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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• Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed in brocade, or at times crowned in gold, because it cannot thereby hide its hypocrisy, for slavery does not lose its infamy, however noble the master.

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  Mistake, Men, Evil

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• None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others.

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  Perfect, Advice, Doe

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.83, Shambhala Publications

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• To oblige people often costs little and helps much.

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  Cost, Littles, Helping

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom".

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• The greatest wisdom often consist in ignorance.

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  Wise, Learning, Ignorance

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.72, Shambhala Publications

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• Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

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  Funny, Wise, Wisdom

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.53, Shambhala Publications

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• Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.

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  Exaggeration Is, Taste, Judgment

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• It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.

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  Life, Brain, Mind

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• A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.

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  Dry, Gilded

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.40, Shambhala Publications

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• Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.

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  Wise, Learning, Thinking

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.101, Shambhala Publications

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• Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.

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  Eye, Deception, Deceit

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom". Book by Baltasar Gracián. Maxim 282, 1647.

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• 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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  Birthday, Justice, Age

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

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• It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.

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  Telling The Truth, Caution

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom".

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• A wise prince must never take things easy in times of peace.

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  Wise, Advice, Easy

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• You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations.

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  Political, Should, Clear

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• All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.

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  Hate, Over You, Victory

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• Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.

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  Mean

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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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  Inspirational, Friendship, Thankful

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• You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.

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  War, Arrows, Use

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.95, Shambhala Publications

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• God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.

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  Time

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• Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.

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  Wisdom, Waiting, Forever

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• Hope is a great falsifier of truth.

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  Hope

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.12, Shambhala Publications

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• If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.

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  Unhappy, Desire, States

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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• A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

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  Truth, Integrity, Lying

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom".

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• Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.

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  Men, Culture, Barbarians

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