To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even… — 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
“Many people spend time studying the properties of animals or herbs; how much more important to study those people, with whom we… — Baltasar Gracián Copy Share Image
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“Be open to suggestion, no one is so perfect that they may not need advice from time to time.” — Baltasar Gracián Copy Share Image
A person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and… — 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
Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and… — 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
