It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
“We have eyelids but not earlids, for the ears are the portals of learning, and Nature wanted to keep them wide open.” — Baltasar Gracián Copy Share
The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
No one demands more caution than a spy, and when someone has the skeleton key to minds, counter him by leaving the key of… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom, if he… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
