Baltasar Gracián Quotes - Page 2

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One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

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Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.

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Be first the master of yourself

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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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

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Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.

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The truths that matter most to us come always half spoken.

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Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.

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