Quote

Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices.

Baltasar Gracian

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

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
Needs
Judgment
Good
Depends
Life
Taste
Choose
Thereon
Study
Suffices
Choices
Correct
Wells
Intellect
Well
Neither

More quotes by Baltasar Gracian

Image
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
Image
To be at ease is better than to be at business.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
Life is a warfare against the malice of others.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
The truth is generally seen, rarely heard.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
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.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end
Baltasar Gracian
Image
An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise luck can be helped by skill.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
Baltasar Gracian
Image
The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.
Baltasar Gracian