Quote: When desire dies, fear is born. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Good things, when short, are twice as good. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: The wise does at once what the fool does at last. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: To oblige persons often costs little and helps much. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. [Baltasar Gracian]
Quote: Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other ones invariably slink in after it. [Baltasar Gracian]