Baltasar Gracian ( 10 of 23 )
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - read more
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - read more
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647.
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
The more merit, the less affection
The more merit, the less affection
Begin with another's to end with your own.
Begin with another's to end with your own.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.
Good things, when short, are twice as good.
Good things, when short, are twice as good.
