Famous Quotes by Baltasar Gracian (34 Quotations)

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Baltasar Gracian – [Friends and Friendship]

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

Baltasar Gracian – [Evil]

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

Baltasar Gracian – [Opportunity]

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Baltasar Gracian – [Self-esteem]

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

Baltasar Gracian – [Envy]

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Baltasar Gracian – [Procrastination]

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Baltasar Gracian – [Action]

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Baltasar Gracian – [Words]

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

Baltasar Gracian – [Excellence]

To 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 – [Leisure]

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

Baltasar Gracian – [Imitation]

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Baltasar Gracian – [Service]

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Baltasar Gracian – [Knowledge]

When desire dies, fear is born.

Baltasar Gracian – [Desire]