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Baltasar Gracian Art Quotes - (21 quotes)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Ability category:

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Beauty category:

There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Confidence category:

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)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Desire category:

If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear; an unhappy state of happiness. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Fame category:

Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Fashion category:

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Friendship category:

There is no wilderness like life without friends; friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes; it is a unique remedy against adversity and it soothes the soul. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Generosity category:

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. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Imagination category:

Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Information category:

We live by information, not by sight. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Integrity category:

They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Nature category:

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Passion category:

Passion colors all that it touches in its own hues. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Patience category:

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Perfection category:

Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Planning category:

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Pleasure category:

Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Power category:

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Questions category:

Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Talent category:

Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light. (Baltasar Gracian)

Baltasar Gracian - From the Time category:

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. (Baltasar Gracian)

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