When desire dies, fear is born.
Quote by Baltasar Gracian
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When desire dies, fear is born.
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Baltasar Gracian Quotes
- Know or listen to those who know.
- Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
- Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
- True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
- Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
- 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.
- Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
- Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
- When desire dies, fear is born.
- A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
Best Quotes
- We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.
- All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
- It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
- A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
- I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.
- Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
- If you're writing, you're starting in private. It can really be this amazing, private, freeing experience. Forget that it's for other people - that comes in later.
- I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
- Power never defeated nor protected anybody; it's an act of courage and fear, nothing else.
- Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.