“No one is born complete; perfect yourself and your activities day by day until you become a truly consummate being, your talents… — Baltasar Gracián Copy Share Image
Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
A brand new mediocrity is thought more of than accustomed excellence. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence,… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“Nature and art: The material and the workmanship. There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous,… — Baltasar Gracián 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
