What did Baltasar Gracian mean by: Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand. - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain Copy
+ Put a grain of boldness into everything you do. Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Being Yourself, Perseverance, Success, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. Feraz Zeid, August 17, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Equal, Imitation, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. Feraz Zeid, August 21, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Knowing, Knowledge, Lying, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Evil report carries further than any applause. Feraz Zeid, August 10, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Applause, Evil, 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ The path to greatness is along with others. Feraz Zeid, June 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Greatness, Team Building, Teamwork, 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