What did Baltasar Gracian mean by: If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would. - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain Copy
+ Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit. Feraz Zeid, August 28, 2023December 24, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Courage, Fruit, Wisdom, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Truth is for the minority. Feraz Zeid, August 30, 2023December 26, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Minorities, Truth, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Fashion, Ignorance, Wise, 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
+ 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
+ You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Arrows, War, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. Feraz Zeid, June 19, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Learn, Wise, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Never Forget, Truth, 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
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
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece
