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When everyone covets somethin...

When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

The liar suffers twice: he ne...

The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

Friendship multiplies blessin...

Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

You should aim to be independ...

You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

Wise men appreciate all men, ...

Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

Exaggeration is a prodigality...

Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

Many pleasant things are bett...

Many pleasant things are better when they belong to someone else. When things belong to others, we enjoy them twice as much, without the risk of losing them, and with the pleasure of novelty.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

It is impossible to live with...

It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

He who puts off nothing till ...

He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

Oh life, you should never had...

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

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

You may be obliged to wage wa...

You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.

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To oblige people often costs ...

To oblige people often costs little and helps much.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

Many would be wise if they di...

Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.

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Beauty and folly are generall...

Beauty and folly are generally companions.

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Many get the repute of being ...

Many get the repute of being witty but thereby lose the credit of being sensible. Jest has its little hour, seriousness should have all the rest.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

You have to appear wiser and ...

You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

Do not make Mistakes about Ch...

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.

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

Even monarchs have need of au...

Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil.

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One deceit needs many others,...

One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground

Baltasar Gracian 334 quotes

There is no desert like being...

There is no desert like being friendless.

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