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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
Philosopher
Writer
Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
Sight
Information
Knowledge
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It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
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Admiration is the basis of ignorance.
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Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.
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Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
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Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
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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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The truth is generally seen, rarely heard.
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Knowledge without wisdom is double folly.
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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A wise prince must never take things easy in times of peace.
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An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.
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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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A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.
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Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare much lowers value.
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Knowledge without courage is sterile.
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If you are wise, live as you can if you cannot, live as you would.
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Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
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The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.
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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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Fools rush in through the door for folly is always bold.
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