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Baltasar Gracian

Baltasar Gracian

Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ (8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658) was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher.

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

Tags: Everything, Anything, Wrong
Baltasar Gracian

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Tags: Nothing, Lose, Contend
Baltasar Gracian

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.

Tags: Religion, Believe, Human
Baltasar Gracian

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

Tags: Great, History, Writing
Baltasar Gracian

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

Tags: Another, Makes, Secret
Baltasar Gracian

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Tags: Believe, Often, Somebody
Baltasar Gracian

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.

Tags: Women, Politics, America
Baltasar Gracian

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Tags: Men, Character, Cannot
Baltasar Gracian

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Tags: Good, Long, Nowhere
Baltasar Gracian

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Tags: Life, Good, Evil
Baltasar Gracian

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