Baltasar Gracian Quotes - Page 7

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• Cultivate those who can teach you.

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  Teamwork, Teach

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• Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief.

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  Maturity, Mind, Belief

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.62, Shambhala Publications

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• Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.

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  Giving, Enemy, Gains

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• Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.

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  Courtesy, Manners, Great Person

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• When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.

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  Annoyed, Greed

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom". Book by Baltasar Gracián, Maxim 85, 1647.

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• We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

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  Depends

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

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• Character and intelligence are the poles you talent spins on, displaying your gifts.

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  Art, Philosophy, Character

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• Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.

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  Wise, Understanding, Sometimes

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• Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.

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  Imagination, Harness, Whole

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• Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

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  Sports, Memorial Day, Hero

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.169, Shambhala Publications

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• Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.

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  Strong, Heart, Trust Your Heart

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• Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.

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  Long, Tire, Fortune

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.22, Shambhala Publications

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• Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over.

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  Thinking, Giving, Yes And No

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

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• Make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with the advantages of instruction.

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  Friends, Teacher, Pleasure

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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• If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.

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  Conversation, Folly, Oneself

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.80, Shambhala Publications

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• The passions are the humors of the mind, and the least excess sickens our judgment. If the disease spreads to the mouth, your reputation will be in danger.

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  Passion, Mind, Excess

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• Display startling novelty-rise afresh like the sun every day. Change too the scene on which you shine, so that you rloss may be felt in the old scenes of your triumph, while the novelty of your powers wins applause in the new.

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  Winning, Advice, Shining

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.34, Shambhala Publications

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• He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything.

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  Laughter, Laughing, Fool

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• It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.

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  Use, Usefulness, Misfortunes

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.49, Shambhala Publications

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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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  Patience, No Patience, Retiring

  "The Art of Worldy Wisdom". Book by Baltasar Gracián, 1647.

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• Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they give pleasure to the owner, but in all the rest to the others: what belongs to another rejoices doubly, because it is without the risk of going stale and with the satisfaction of freshness. . . the possession of things not only diminishes their enjoyment, but augments their annoyance, whether shared or not shared.

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  Giving, Risk, Delight

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• Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.

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  Wise, Respect, Men

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• What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.

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  Doe, Appearance, Consideration

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.52, Shambhala Publications

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• It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

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  Littles, Too Much, Would Be

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• Admiration is the basis of ignorance.

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  Ignorance, Admiration, Bases

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