351 Quotes by Baltasar Gracián

Twice the wit is needed to deal with someone with none.

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

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Know how to choose. Most things in life depend on it. You need good taste and an upright judgement; intelligence and application are not enough. There is no perfection without discernment and selection.

Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.

If talking to yourself when alone is a sign of madness, then listening to yourself in front of others is doubly so.

Cautious silence is the refuge of good sense

Deal with people from whom you can learn

Criticism, like lightning, strikes the highest peaks