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Baltasar Gracian Inspirational Quotes (150)

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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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The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.
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One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground
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It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody.
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Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.
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Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.
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Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
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Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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Success rarely brings satisfaction.
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You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.
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Fools rush in through the door for folly is always bold.
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It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.
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Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.
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A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
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Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
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Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
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An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.
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Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
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Wisdom and courage make mutual contributions to greatness.
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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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The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.
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Many pleasant things are better when they belong to someone else. When things belong to others, we enjoy them twice as much, without the risk of losing them, and with the pleasure of novelty.
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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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