Baltasar Gracian Quotes - Page 9

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• Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.

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  Art, Nature, Needs

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• To be at ease is better than to be at business.

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  Work, Ease

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.142, Shambhala Publications

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• Success rarely brings satisfaction.

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  Success, Satisfaction

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• Know the great men of your age.

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  Inspiring, Motivation, Men

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• The more merit, the less affection.

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  Merit, Affection

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.49, Shambhala Publications

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• Keep to yourself the final touches of your art.

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  Art, Finals, Artistic

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.129, Shambhala Publications

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• A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.

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  Friendship, Wise, Men

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• There is no wilderness like a life without friends.

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  Wilderness, Without Friends

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• The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.

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  Ambition, Way, Pushing

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

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• Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

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  Art, Giving, Recourse

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

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• One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

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  Memories, Paradise, Habit

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.106, Shambhala Publications

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• Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end

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  Ends, Should

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• Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.

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  Long, Favors, Pay

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

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• The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.

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  Cities, Beast, Wild Beasts

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• Evil report carries further than any applause.

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  Evil, Applause, Carrie

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• There is no wilderness like a life without friends; friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes; it is a unique remedy against adversity, and it soothes the soul.

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  Friendship, Adversity, Unique

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• There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.

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  Popularity, Please, Enjoyed

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.155, Shambhala Publications

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• The path to greatness is along with others.

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  Teamwork, Greatness, Team Building

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.61, Shambhala Publications

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• La galantería y la honra tienen esta ventaja, que se quedan: aquélla en quien la usa, ésta en quien la haze.

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  Usa, Haze

  Baltasar Gracian (2011). “Oraculo y manual”, p.118, NoBooks Editorial

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• Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

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  Judgment, Checks, Good Judgment

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• Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.

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  Evil, Good And Evil

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.137, Shambhala Publications

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• Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods. In dealing with men, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. To know men is different from knowing things. It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

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  Philosophy, Mistake, Book

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.64, Shambhala Publications

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• Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.

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  Doors, Stupidity, Fool

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.44, Shambhala Publications

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• Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

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  Heart, Ambition, Fame

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• Passion colors all that it touches in its own hues.

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  Passion, Color, Hue

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