To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Baltasar Gracian Quotes

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

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

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel,...

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel,...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

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...

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits....

No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits....