Knows Quotes by Baltasar Gracian

9 Knows quotes by Baltasar Gracian

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Gracian’s nine sharp aphorisms on knowing showcase his timeless wit and keen observation of human behavior. Each line delivers a compact lesson, making the set a handy resource for anyone craving concise wisdom.

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Know the great men of your age.

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Know how to use evasion. That is how smart people get out of difficulties.

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Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.

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The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

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Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor…

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Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed…

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Know how to play the card of contempt. It is the most politic kind of revenge. For there are many of whom…

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Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in…

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Know how to keep anticipation alive: always strive to feed it, by letting the much promise more, and the one achievement be…

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It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.

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There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

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What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.

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What the multitude says, is so, or soon will be so.

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A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.

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It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.

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Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.

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Leave your luck while still winning.

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Superiority is always detested.

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“We have eyelids but not earlids, for the ears are the portals of learning, and Nature wanted to keep them wide open.”

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The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.

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No one demands more caution than a spy, and when someone has the skeleton key to minds, counter him by leaving the key of…

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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…

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