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> [Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/great-ability-develops-and-reveals-itself-increasingly-with-every-new/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

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## More by Baltasar Gracian

> [To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/to-be-at-ease-is-better-than-to-be-at-business-nothing-really-belongs/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/it-requires-as-much-to-tell-the-truth-as-to-conceal-it/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/there-are-friendships-merely-for-pleasure-some-for-the-exchange-of/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/what-is-not-seen-is-as-if-it-was-not-even-the-right-does-not-receive/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [What the multitude says, is so, or soon will be so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/what-the-multitude-says-is-so-or-soon-will-be-so/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/a-synonym-is-a-word-you-use-when-you-can-t-spell-the-other-one/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/it-is-good-to-vary-in-order-that-you-may-frustrate-the-curious/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/hope-has-a-good-memory-gratitude-a-bad-one/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/knowing-how-to-keep-a-friend-is-more-important-than-gaining-a-new-one/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [Leave your luck while still winning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/leave-your-luck-while-still-winning/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [Superiority is always detested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/superiority-is-always-detested/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [“We have eyelids but not earlids, for the ears are the portals of learning, and Nature wanted to keep them wide open.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/we-have-eyelids-but-not-earlids-for-the-ears-are-the-portals-of/)

[Baltasar Gracián](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/the-wise-persono-would-rather-see-others-needing-him-than-thanking-him/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [No one demands more caution than a spy, and when someone has the skeleton key to minds, counter him by leaving the key of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/no-one-demands-more-caution-than-a-spy-and-when-someone-has-the/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/keep-the-extent-of-your-abilities-unknown-the-wise-man-does-not-allow/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

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