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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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Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.
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Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
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Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would.
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Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
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Knowledge without courage is sterile.
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Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
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All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure.
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Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.
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A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
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Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.
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The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.
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The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.
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Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end
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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else.
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Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
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Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.
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The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
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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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We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.
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