Baltasar Gracian Quotes

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
Baltasar Gracian

Forget, Others, Honour

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
Baltasar Gracian

Alone, God, Live

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
Baltasar Gracian

Good, Envy, May

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Baltasar Gracian

Teacher, Through, Sometimes

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
Baltasar Gracian

Wait, Second, Pass

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
Baltasar Gracian

Others, Leave, Act

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
Baltasar Gracian

Communication, Another, Makes

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

Beauty, Age, Good

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
Baltasar Gracian

Hero, Rather, Appear

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Baltasar Gracian

Jealousy, Win, Die

When desire dies, fear is born.
Baltasar Gracian

Fear, Desire, Born

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
Baltasar Gracian

Wise, Chance, Luck

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

Nature, Best, Art

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Baltasar Gracian

Time, Said, Word

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
Baltasar Gracian

Work, Reputation, Paid

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
Baltasar Gracian

Satisfied, Thirst, Turns

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

Good, Great, Hope

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
Baltasar Gracian

Patience, Power, Him

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Baltasar Gracian

Made, Greatness

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
Baltasar Gracian

Cannot, Somebody, Excellent

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
Baltasar Gracian

Seem, Judged, Pass

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Baltasar Gracian

Knowledge, Live, True

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
Baltasar Gracian

Courage, Wisdom, Fruit

Begin with another's to end with your own.
Baltasar Gracian

End, Another, Begin

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Baltasar Gracian

Wrong, Taken, Side

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Biography

Nationality: Spanish

Type: Philosopher

Born: January 8, 1601

Died: December 6, 1658

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