Top 63 Quotes by Baltasar Gracian

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.