One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources… — 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
No' and 'Yes' are words quickly said, but they need a great amount of thought before you utter them. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Do not be inaccessible. None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others. He is an… — 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
