What did Baltasar Gracian mean by: A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain Copy
+ Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love. Feraz Zeid, July 26, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Admiration, Gains, Love, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023February 6, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Fame, Self, 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
+ There is no wilderness like a life without friends. Feraz Zeid, June 23, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Wilderness, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Important, Knowing, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Have Friends. ‘Tis a second existence. Feraz Zeid, June 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Existence, Friendship, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ There is no need to show your ability before everyone. Feraz Zeid, July 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Human, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed. Feraz Zeid, July 11, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Believe, Liars, Lying, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
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
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
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
