Know how to play the card of contempt. It is the most politic kind of revenge. For there are many of whom we should have known nothing if their distinguished opponents had taken no notice of them. There is no… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness. — 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
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
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
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
“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
The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
No one demands more caution than a spy, and when someone has the skeleton key to minds, counter him by leaving the key of… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
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… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share
