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Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way. - Baltasar Gracian

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Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Baltasar Gracian

Biography

Author Profession: Philosopher

Nationality: Spanish

Born: January 8, 1601

Died: December 6, 1658

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Confucius, Friedrich Nietzsche, Aristotle, Lao Tzu, Plato, Socrates, Sun Tzu, Albert Camus

Topics

Dreams, Get, Good, Kick, Long, Long Way, Nowhere, Pants, Take, Way, Will, You

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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. Baltasar Gracian

Life, Friendship, Friend, Good, Blessing

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity. - Baltasar Gracian

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity. Baltasar Gracian

Integrity, Lie, Reputation, Single

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. - Baltasar Gracian

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. Baltasar Gracian

Beautiful, Mirror, Woman, Early, Her

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. - Baltasar Gracian

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. Baltasar Gracian

Life, Friendship, Good, Evil, Divides

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent. Baltasar Gracian

Day, Talent, People, Limits, You, Person

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. - Baltasar Gracian

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Baltasar Gracian

Man, Wise, Fool, Wise Man, Friends, More

The wise does at once what the fool does at last. - Baltasar Gracian

The wise does at once what the fool does at last. Baltasar Gracian

Motivational, Wise, Fool, Last, Once

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all. Baltasar Gracian

Dog, Man, Lion, Nothing, Forty, Thirty

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

Man, Never Forget, Forget, Others, Never

Know or listen to those who know. - Baltasar Gracian

Know or listen to those who know. Baltasar Gracian

Motivational, Know, Listen, Who, Those

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

Argument, Wrong, Just Because, Right

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. Baltasar Gracian

Great, New, Ability, Every, Reveals

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. Baltasar Gracian

Long, You, Sometimes, She, Fortune, Her

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

Talking, Others, Act, Content, Leave

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