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Nature Quotes by Baltasar Gracian

8 Nature quotes by Baltasar Gracian

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Baltasar Gracian’s knack for pithy wisdom shines through in these eight nature‑focused maxims. Each line offers a sharp, sometimes paradoxical look at how the wild mirrors human behavior.

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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

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It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by…

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There is no wilderness like a life without friends; friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes; it is a unique remedy against adversity,…

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Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.

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“Recognize things when they are at their best, in their season, and know how to enjoy them then. The works of nature…

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There is no wilderness like a life without friends.

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Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.

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“Nature and art: The material and the workmanship. There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous,…

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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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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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