What did Baltasar Gracian mean by: The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends . - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain Copy
+ A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. Feraz Zeid, September 7, 2023December 26, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Beautiful, Beauty, Mirrors, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Weight, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity. Feraz Zeid, October 25, 2023December 26, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Adoration, Divinity, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baltasar Gracian, Synonym, Writing, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Surfeits of happiness are fatal. Feraz Zeid, August 5, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Happiness, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ To overvalue something is a form of lying. Feraz Zeid, August 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Form, Lying, 0 - Baltasar Gracian Writer · Spain
+ Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. Feraz Zeid, October 23, 2023December 26, 2023, Baltasar Gracian, Respect, Self-esteem, Self-worth, 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
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
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France