Baltasar Gracian Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.”

“Work is the price which is paid for reputation.”

“Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.”

“Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.”

“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.”

“Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.”

“One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.”

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

“Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.”

“Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.”