Baltasar Graci�n y Morales
Spain
8 Jan 1601 // 6 Dec 1658
Writer / Philosopher
8 Jan 1601 // 6 Dec 1658
Writer / Philosopher
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When desire dies, fear is born
To oblige persons often costs little and helps much
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice his worth
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
Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets
There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one
The wise does at once what the fool does at last
The envious die not once, but as often as the envied win applause
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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