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Baltasar Gracian

1601-1658 ,  Spanish writer
Baltasar GracianSpanish Jesuit philosopher and writer. His writings were praised by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.
His main work was Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia, commonly translated as The Art of Worldly Wisdom, composed of three hundred maxims with comments.

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Good things, when short, are twice as good.

In twenty years the feelings reigns, in the thirty years a talent reigns, in the forty years a reason reigns.

Always act as if you were seen.

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

The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.

Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not.

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

Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Know or listen to those who know.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.

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

To overvalue something is a form of lying.

Words are feminine; deeds are masculine.

Life is a warfare against the malice of others.

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

The wise person would rather see others needing him than thanking him.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Hurry is the weakness of fools.

Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.

The truth is generally seen, rarely heard.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never compete with a man who has nothing to lose.

The path to greatness is along with others.

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

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep it in check.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

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

Know how to ask favors. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.

There's no greater absurdity than taking everything seriously.

The right kind of leisure is better than the wrong kind of work.

Be extraordinary in your excellence, if you like, but be ordinary in your display of it.

Be open to suggestion, no one is so perfect that would not need advice from time to time.

Diligence removes impossibilities.

Not believing others implies that you yourself are deceitful. The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed.

Better to be cheated by the price than by the merchandise.

The one rule for pleasing: whet the appetite, keep people hungry.


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