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Letter "B" » Baltasar Gracian Quotes
«One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
built in, deceit, deceits, in the air, One House
«It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Courtesy
| Keywords:
courteous, courtesy, too little
«Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good»
«The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
beasts, most populous, populous, truest, wild
«At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.»
«Yes and No are soon said, but give much to think over»
«Do not show your wounded finger, for everything will knock up against it.»
«Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.»
«Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Ambition
| Keywords:
arouses, clang, clanging, trumpet, trumpeting
«One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
arriving, center, circumference, pass through, The Center
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