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
+ Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Humor, Teacher, Teaching, 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
+ Silence is the sanctuary of prudence. Feraz Zeid, September 20, 2023December 26, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Prudence, Sanctuary, Silence, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Aptitude, Natural, Violence, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Knowledge without courage is sterile. Feraz Zeid, September 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Courage, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do. Feraz Zeid, September 22, 2023December 24, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Gambling, Quitting, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Barbarians, Culture, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ One who was abhorred by all in prosperity is adored by all in adversity. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Adversity, Prosperity, 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
