Baltasar Gracian Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”

“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”

“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.”

“Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.”

“It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.”

“At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.”

“Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.”

“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”

“A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.”

“It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.”