Baltasar Gracian

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#chance #luck #wise

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#best #ever #gives #must #nature

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

— Baltasar Gracian

#applause #die #envied #envious #oft

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#good #good judgment #great #her #hope

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

— Baltasar Gracian

#even #hath #him #himself #power

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#had #made #many #their #them

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

— Baltasar Gracian

#excelled #excellent #none #somebody #something

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#judged #most #pass #seem #their

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#knowing #knowledge #lies #live #true

When desire dies, fear is born. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#desire #dies #fear