Know how to use evasion. That is how smart people get out of difficulties. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Know how to play the card of contempt. It is the most politic kind of revenge. For there are many of whom… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Know how to keep anticipation alive: always strive to feed it, by letting the much promise more, and the one achievement be… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in… — 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
