Memorable Quotes and quotations from Baltasar GracianBaltasar GracianBaltasar Gracian - - 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. Baltasar Gracian - - It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward. Baltasar Gracian - - A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Baltasar Gracian - - A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Baltasar Gracian - The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647 - The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good. Baltasar Gracian - - All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. Baltasar Gracian - - Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. Baltasar Gracian - - Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. Baltasar Gracian - - Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light. Baltasar Gracian - - Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier. Baltasar Gracian - - He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold. Baltasar Gracian - - Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. Baltasar Gracian - - The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated. |
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