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Baltasar Gracian
1601 – 1658 • Spanish • Philosopher
60
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Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesTo 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
There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.— Baltasar Gracian
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
Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.— 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
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.— Baltasar Gracian