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Baltasar Gracian
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Baltasar Gracian
Age: 57 †
Born: 1601
Born: January 16
Died: 1658
Died: December 6
Jesuit
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Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
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More quotes by Baltasar Gracian
You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations.
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It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.
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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
Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.
Baltasar Gracian
Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.
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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
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A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.
Baltasar Gracian
Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.
Baltasar Gracian
Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
Baltasar Gracian
Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.
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The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.
Baltasar Gracian
Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
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Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
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Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.
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Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.
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It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.
Baltasar Gracian
There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
Baltasar Gracian
Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.
Baltasar Gracian
It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.
Baltasar Gracian
Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.
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