Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom,… — 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
You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“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 Image
