Baltasar Gracian Quotes - Page 9

To be at ease is better than to be at business.

Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.

Success rarely brings satisfaction.

Know the great men of your age.

The more merit, the less affection.

Keep to yourself the final touches of your art.

A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.

There is no wilderness like a life without friends.

The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.

One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.

The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

There is no wilderness like a life without friends; friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes; it is a unique remedy against adversity, and it soothes the soul.

There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.

The path to greatness is along with others.

La galantería y la honra tienen esta ventaja, que se quedan: aquélla en quien la usa, ésta en quien la haze.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.

Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods. In dealing with men, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. To know men is different from knowing things. It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Passion colors all that it touches in its own hues.