Baltasar Gracian



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Other quotes about: nothing time
"All that really belongs to us is time even he who has nothing else has that."

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Other quotes about: nothing man
"At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing."

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"Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed."

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Other quotes about: friend man wise friends
"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

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"Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others."

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Other quotes about: ignorance wise
"Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance."

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Other quotes about: life good evil
"Friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evil."

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"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment."

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Other quotes about: god live nothing alone
"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."

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Other quotes about: sleep
"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward."

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Other quotes about: good
"It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you."

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Other quotes about: live
"It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed."

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Other quotes about: nothing people
"Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier."

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Other quotes about: patience power
"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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Other quotes about: nothing man
"Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose."

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Other quotes about: wrong
"Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong."

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Other quotes about: light
"Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light."

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Other quotes about: art little
"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."

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Other quotes about: something teach
"There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled."

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Other quotes about: power good
"The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good."

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Other quotes about: man wise
"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally."

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Other quotes about: courage wisdom
"Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit."

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