“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”
Friendship
“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.”
ArtAll Quotes by Baltasar Gracian
“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
Alone“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”
Motivational“Work is the price which is paid for reputation.”
Work“Know or listen to those who know.”
Motivational“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.”
Alone“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”
Communication“Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.”
Hope“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”
Anger“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.”
Knowledge“Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”
Happiness“When desire dies, fear is born.”
Fear“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
Courage“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“Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.”
Respect“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.”
Teacher“The things we remember best are those better forgotten.”
Best“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
Friendship“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.”
Art“Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.”
Hope