“Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.”
Hope
“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”
MotivationalAll Quotes by Baltasar Gracian
“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.”
Friendship“Know or listen to those who know.”
Motivational“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.”
Business“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
Alone“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.”
Knowledge“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.”
Age“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
Courage“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.”
Art“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
Friendship“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”
Motivational“Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”
Happiness“The things we remember best are those better forgotten.”
Best“Work is the price which is paid for reputation.”
Work“Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.”
Hope“Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.”
Respect“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”
Communication“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.”
Dreams“When desire dies, fear is born.”
Fear“Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.”
Patience