All posts tagged Baltasar Gracian

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit. – Baltasar Gracian

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without…

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island….to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. – Baltasar Gracian

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

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. – Baltasar…

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

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

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

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward. – Baltasar Gracian

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.

Don’t take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. – Baltasar…

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

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. – Baltasar…

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

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

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

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. – Baltasar Gracian

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