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Baltasar Gracian Quotes

Baltasar Gracian quotes

Spanish Philosopher January 8, 1601 – December 6, 1658

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True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian quote: "Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. Baltasar Gracian
Harness the imagination: Sometimes curbing her, sometimes giving her rein, for she is the whole of happiness. She sets to rights even the understanding. She sinks to tyranny, not satisfied with mere faith, but demanding works. Thus she becomes the mistress of life itself. She does so with pleasure or with pain, according to the nonsense presented. She makes people contented or discontented with themselves. By dangling before some nothing but the specter of their eternal suffering, she becomes... Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian quote: "Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you..."
Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian quote: "Life is a warfare against the malice of others."
Life is a warfare against the malice of others. Baltasar Gracian
Nature and art: The material and the workmanship. There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art: It redeems the bad and perfects the good. Because nature commonly forsakes us at her best, take refuge in art. The best in nature is raw without art, and the excellent is lacking if it lacks culture. Without cultivation everyone is a clown and needs polish, fine attributes notwithstanding. Baltasar Gracian
Recognize things when they are at their best, in their season, and know how to enjoy them then. The works of nature all amount to a peak of perfection; up to it they wax, beyond it they wane. Only in matters of art have a few gone to the point where they might not be improved. It is the mark of cultivated taste to enjoy everything at its best. But all may not do this, and not all who may, know how. Even the fruits of the spirit have their moment of ripeness, and it is well to recognize this,... Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian quote: "Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be..."
Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian quote: "The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple..."
The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness. Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian quote: "A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his..."
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian quote: "Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must..."
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. Baltasar Gracian
A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself. Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian quote: "Have friends. 'Tis a second existence."
Have friends. 'Tis a second existence. Baltasar Gracian
A person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and many so born failed to benefit by it. Some merited a better century, for all that is good does not always triumph. Fashions have their periods and even the greatest virtues, their styles. But the philosopher, being ageless, has one advantage: Should this not prove the right century, many to follow will. Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian quote: "Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one."
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. Baltasar Gracian

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