Baltasar Gracián Quotes

But a man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Harto presto, si bien.

Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end

Be first the master of yourself

Life is a warfare against the malice of others.

clxxxiii Do not hold your Views too firmly. Every fool is fully convinced, and every one fully persuaded is a fool: the more erroneous his judgment the more firmly he holds it.

Freedom is more precious than the gift that makes us lose it.

Complaints will always discredit you. Rather than compassion and consolation, they provoke passion and insolence, and encourage those who hear our complaints to behave like those we complain about. Once divulged to others, the offenses done to us seem to make others pardonable. Some complain of past offenses and give rise to future ones.

Nor should we lose heart if something doesn’t please someone, for there’ll always be someone else it does.

Respect yourself is you would have others respect you.

Unos principios de crédito sirven de despertar la curiosidad, no de empeñar el objecto. Mejor sale quando la realidad excede al concepto y es más de lo que se creyó. Faltará esta regla en lo malo, pues le ayuda la mesma exageración; desmiéntela con aplauso, y aun llega a parecer tolerable lo que se temió extremo de ruin.

Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.

Know your unlucky days, for the exist. Nothing will work out right and, even though you change your game, your bad luck will remain.

Not believing others implies that you yourself are deceitful. The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed.

Prefiere estar loco igual que todos, y no cuerdo y solitario.
Así dicen los políticos, con toda razón. Que si todos son locos, tú no saldrás perdiendo por estarlo. Si eres el único cuerdo, te acusarán de loco. Por iso es importante seguir la corrente de la gente. Muchas veces, la mayor sabiduría consiste en no saber, o aparentar no saber. Has de vivir con la gente, y la mayoría son ignorantes.