Quotes by Gracian, Baltasar




Baltasar Gracin y Morales (January 8, 1601 - December 6, 1658), Spanish prose writer, was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragon)..

"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."

Gracian, Baltasar on age and aging    Share


"When desire dies, fear is born."

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"A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

Gracian, Baltasar on enemies
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"The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause."

Gracian, Baltasar on envy
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"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other ones invariably slink in after it."

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

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"Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose."

Gracian, Baltasar on fights and fighting
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"Never have a companion that casts you in the shade."

Gracian, Baltasar on friends and friendship    Share

"Have friends. 'Tis a second existence."

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"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."

Gracian, Baltasar on friends and friendship
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"He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well."

Gracian, Baltasar on gratitude    Share

"Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one."

Gracian, Baltasar on gratitude
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"Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one."

Gracian, Baltasar on heroes and heroism
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"To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth."

Gracian, Baltasar on imitation    Share

"Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone."

Gracian, Baltasar on insanity
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"True knowledge lies in knowing how to live."

Gracian, Baltasar on knowledge    Share

"To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else."

Gracian, Baltasar on leisure    Share

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

Gracian, Baltasar on anger    Share

"Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose."

Gracian, Baltasar on losers and losing    Share

"Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second."

Gracian, Baltasar on love    Share

"It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it."

Gracian, Baltasar on luck    Share

"Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise."

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"One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity."

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"Begin with another's to end with your own."

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"The wise does at once what the fool does at last."

Gracian, Baltasar on procrastination
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"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."

Gracian, Baltasar on self-esteem
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"To oblige persons often costs little and helps much."

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"Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one."

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"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally."

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"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

Gracian, Baltasar on beauty
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"Good things, when short, are twice as good."

Gracian, Baltasar on brevity
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"There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one."

Gracian, Baltasar on words    Share

"It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice."

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"Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies."

Gracian, Baltasar on anger
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