A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are. — 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
