115 ordspråk av Baltasar Gracián
Baltasar Gracián
Baltasar Gracián föddes den January 8th 1601 och dog den 6 December 1658 - leading Spanish exponent of conceptism.
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 Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second. |
| Like love, courage is no joking matter. If it yields once, it will have to yield again, and again. The same difficulty will have to be conquered later on, and it would have been better to get it over with. |
| Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. |
| Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. |
| Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. |
| Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it |
| Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration. |
| Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art. |
| Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. |
| Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose |
| Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. |
| Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. |
| Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. |
| Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. |
| Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
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Toplists (6 st)
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