Baltasar Gracian Quotes - Page 9

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

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• There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.

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  Revenge, Dust, Oblivion

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• The path to greatness is along with others.

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  Teamwork, Greatness, Team Building

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.61, Shambhala Publications

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• The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.

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  Simple, Enjoy, Simple Happiness

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.144, Shambhala Publications

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• Success rarely brings satisfaction.

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  Success, Satisfaction

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

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  Work, Ease

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.142, Shambhala Publications

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• Keep to yourself the final touches of your art.

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  Art, Finals, Artistic

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.129, Shambhala Publications

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• The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.

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  Cities, Beast, Wild Beasts

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• The more merit, the less affection.

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  Merit, Affection

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.49, Shambhala Publications

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• Know the great men of your age.

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  Inspiring, Motivation, Men

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• When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.

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  Favors, Being A Woman, Fortune

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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

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  Friendship, Wise, Men

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

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  Art, Giving, Recourse

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

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• There is no wilderness like a life without friends.

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  Wilderness, Without Friends

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

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  Ambition, Way, Pushing

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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

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  Ends, Should

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

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  Usa, Haze

  Baltasar Gracian (2011). “Oraculo y manual”, p.118, NoBooks Editorial

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

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  Memories, Paradise, Habit

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.106, Shambhala Publications

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• 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.

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  Friendship, Adversity, Unique

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

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  Writing, Needs, Ugly

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.113, Shambhala Publications

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• 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.

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  Long, Favors, Pay

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.22, Shambhala Publications

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• Evil report carries further than any applause.

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  Evil, Applause, Carrie

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• Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable.

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  Loss, Missing, Risk

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• Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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  Reputation, Worldly Wisdom, Paid

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• Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes.

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  Believe, Maturity, Men

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