What did Baltasar Gracian mean by: Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement. - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain Copy
+ I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. Feraz Zeid, August 17, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Obscure, Self-improvement, Strive, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Danger, Enemy, Greatness, 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 greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Helping, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes. Feraz Zeid, July 13, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Dry, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ We live by information, not by sight. Feraz Zeid, October 30, 2023December 26, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Information, Knowledge, Sight, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Impatience, Wisdom, Wise, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Art, Nature, 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
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself. - Jean-Francois de La Harpe Playwright · France
That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
I admire [Samuel] Beckett, but I am totally against him. He seeks no improvement. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France