There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Baltasar Gracian Quotes

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a...

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things...

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions

I was the candidate first time a Green or any progressive third party has ever...

I was the candidate first time a Green or any progressive third party has ever...