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Letter "B" » Baltasar Gracian Quotes
«The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.»
«One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all»
«A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a 'No,' sweetens truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
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adds, gild, gilding, gilds, spoils, supplies, sweetens
«Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.»
«He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.»
«It is a great art to know how to sell wind»
«Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it»
«For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done»
«Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Evil
| Keywords:
invariably, lesser, slink, slinking, slinks
«Like love, courage is no joking matter. If it yields once, it will have to yield again, and again. The same difficulty will have to be conquered later on, and it would have been better to get it over with.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
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again and again, conquered, joking, later on, yields
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