Baltasar Gracian Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

31 Famous Quotes by Baltasar Gracian
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“Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.”
Debate Quotes
“What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.”
Dignity Quotes
“A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity”
Lies Quotes
“A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.”
Men Quotes
“The more merit, the less affection”
Merit Quotes
“Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.”
Argument Quotes
“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
Insanity Quotes
“Good things, when short, are twice as good.”
Brevity Quotes
“Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.”
Inspirational Quotes
“A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
Politics / government Quotes
“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
Friendship Quotes
“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.”
Appearance Quotes
“Begin with another's to end with your own.”
Creativity Quotes
“He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.”
Gratitude Quotes
“One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.”
Laughter Quotes
“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647.”
Loneliness and solitude Quotes
“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
Psychological subjects Quotes
“Time and I against any two.”
Time Quotes
“Good things, when short, are twice as good.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. - The Oracle.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The things we remember best are those better forgotten”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.”
Miscellaneous Quotes