What did Baltasar Gracian mean by: A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed. - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain Copy
+ Hurry is the weakness of fools. Feraz Zeid, July 15, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Action, Fool, Weakness, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Advice, Wise, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Pleasant, Pleasure, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ The more merit, the less affection. Feraz Zeid, October 1, 2023December 26, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Affection, Merit, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ A brand new mediocrity is thought more of than accustomed excellence. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Excellence, Mediocrity, Strive, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Dignity, Office, Political, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Mystery, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Friendship, Real Friends, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Pure friendship is something which men of an inferior intellect can never taste. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France