--- title: "14 Ifs Quotes By Baltasar Gracian" description: "14 Ifs quotes by Baltasar Gracian. Plus more from Baltasar Gracian and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/baltasar-gracian-1090_behavior_always-act-as-if-you-were-seen-1507174_1507174.jpg" --- > [Always act as if you were seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/always-act-as-if-you-were-seen/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/baltasar-gracian-1090_behavior_always-act-as-if-you-were-seen-1507174_1507174.jpg) > [Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/many-would-be-wise-if-they-did-not-think-themselves-wise/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/baltasar-gracian-1090_being-wise_many-would-be-wise-if-they-did-not-think_2677067.jpg) > [If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/if-there-is-nothing-left-to-desire-there-is-everything-to-fear-an/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/baltasar-gracian-1090_desire_if-there-is-nothing-left-to-desire-there_2179008.jpg) > [Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/some-would-be-sages-if-they-did-not-believe-they-were-so-already/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/baltasar-gracian-1090_believe_some-would-be-sages-if-they-did-not-beli_2326515.jpg) > [The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/the-sage-has-one-advantage-he-is-immortal-if-this-is-not-his-century/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/baltasar-gracian-1090_advantage_the-sage-has-one-advantage-he-is-immorta_668708.jpg) > [Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/never-risk-your-reputation-on-a-single-shot-for-if-you-miss-the-loss/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/baltasar-gracian-1090_ifs_never-risk-your-reputation-on-a-single-s_2593948.jpg) > [There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/there-must-be-something-good-in-a-thing-that-pleases-so-many-even-if/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb3/baltasar-gracian-1090_enjoyed_there-must-be-something-good-in-a-thing_2891612.jpg) > [What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/baltasar-gracian-1090_appearance_what-is-not-seen-is-as-if-it-was-not-eve_65271.jpg) > [If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/if-to-talk-to-oneself-when-alone-is-folly-it-must-be-doubly-unwise-to/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/baltasar-gracian-1090_conversation_if-to-talk-to-oneself-when-alone-is-foll_2410352.jpg) > [Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/be-known-for-pleasing-others-especially-if-you-govern-them-ruling/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/baltasar-gracian-1090_advantage_be-known-for-pleasing-others-especially_2650483.jpg) > [You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/you-have-to-appear-wiser-and-more-prudent-than-is-required-by-the/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/baltasar-gracian-1090_giving_you-have-to-appear-wiser-and-more-pruden_3217054.jpg) > [The passions are the humors of the mind, and the least excess sickens our judgment. If the disease spreads to the mouth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/the-passions-are-the-humors-of-the-mind-and-the-least-excess-sickens/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/612/baltasar-gracian-1090_danger_the-passions-are-the-humors-of-the-mind_1850135.jpg) > [Know how to play the card of contempt. It is the most politic kind of revenge. For there are many of whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/know-how-to-play-the-card-of-contempt-it-is-the-most-politic-kind-of/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/baltasar-gracian-1090_cards_know-how-to-play-the-card-of-contempt-it_673540.jpg) > [Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/many-of-the-things-that-bring-delight-should-not-be-owned-they-are/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/baltasar-gracian-1090_annoyance_many-of-the-things-that-bring-delight-sh_238869.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/baltasar-gracian/#itemlist", "name": "14 Ifs Quotes By Baltasar Gracian", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Always act as if you were seen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Baltasar Gracian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/always-act-as-if-you-were-seen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/baltasar-gracian-1090_behavior_always-act-as-if-you-were-seen-1507174_1507174.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/baltasar-gracian-1090_behavior_always-act-as-if-you-were-seen-1507174_1507174.jpg", 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