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Success rarely brings satisfaction.

Baltasar Gracian

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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
Success
Rarely
Satisfaction
Brings

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A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.
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If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.
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Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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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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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.
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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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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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Fools rush in through the door for folly is always bold.
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You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations.
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Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.
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You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.
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Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations - they are the device of another to get you into his power
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Words are feminine deeds are masculine.
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To keep is more important than to make 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 do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.
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There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
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