Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Baltasar Gracian
Age: 57 †
Born: 1601
Born: January 16
Died: 1658
Died: December 6
Jesuit
Philosopher
Writer
Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
Thirty
Seventies
Twenty
Lion
Twenties
Eighty
Peacock
Dog
Lions
Camel
Age
Sixty
Camels
Nothing
Forty
Seventy
Men
Aging
Serpent
Time
Fifty
Apes
More quotes by Baltasar Gracian
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.
Baltasar Gracian
It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.
Baltasar Gracian
Knowledge without courage is sterile.
Baltasar Gracian
Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.
Baltasar Gracian
Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.
Baltasar Gracian
He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
Baltasar Gracian
Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes.
Baltasar Gracian
Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.
Baltasar Gracian
Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed in brocade, or at times crowned in gold, because it cannot thereby hide its hypocrisy, for slavery does not lose its infamy, however noble the master.
Baltasar Gracian
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
Baltasar Gracian
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Baltasar Gracian
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
Baltasar Gracian
It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.
Baltasar Gracian
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Baltasar Gracian
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.
Baltasar Gracian
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Baltasar Gracian
The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.
Baltasar Gracian
Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.
Baltasar Gracian
The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .
Baltasar Gracian
Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
Baltasar Gracian