Baltasar Gracian Quotes

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Baltasar Gracian

Profession : Philosopher

Birth : January 8, 1601

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

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Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

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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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A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

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Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

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

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To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

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Begin with another's to end with your own.

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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

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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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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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To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

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It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.

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A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

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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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Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

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