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Baltasar Gracian Inspirational Quotes (150)

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Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
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Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.
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It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.
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A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.
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There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.
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Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
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Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor.
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Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.
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Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
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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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Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.
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Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
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The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.
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Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.
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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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Beauty and folly are generally companions.
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The truth is generally seen, rarely heard.
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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
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Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
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We live by information, not by sight.
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A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.
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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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The path to greatness is along with others.
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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
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