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Baltasar Gracian Inspirational Quotes (150)

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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
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Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.
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When desire dies, fear is born.
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Evil report carries further than any applause.
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Life is a warfare against the malice of others.
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Admiration is the basis of ignorance.
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To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else.
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We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.
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Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.
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Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
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Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
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Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.
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It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business.
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Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.
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All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure.
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You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.
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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.
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It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
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Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
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