May Quotes by Baltasar Gracian

8 May quotes by Baltasar Gracian

Baltasar Gracian’s eight maxims on May distill the month’s subtle cues into crisp observations. The collection is a compact source for anyone wanting a quick spark of wisdom tied to the season’s shifting tones.

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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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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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Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may…

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Display startling novelty-rise afresh like the sun every day. Change too the scene on which you shine, so that you rloss may…

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The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it…

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You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.

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Do not be inaccessible. None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others. He is an…

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Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and…

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