Know or listen to those who know.
Quote by Baltasar Gracian
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Know or listen to those who know.
Click on the picture of Baltasar Gracian quote you want to see a larger version.
Baltasar Gracian Quotes
- Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
- The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
- Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
- Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
- Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
- Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
- True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.
- Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.
- When desire dies, fear is born.
- Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
Best Quotes
- When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last several hours.
- Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
- Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
- I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.
- They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny.
- I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I'd bring things to class that I'd cooked at home.
- You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress.
- Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.
- Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid.
- Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.