It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
Baltasar Gracian quote He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
Baltasar Gracian quote I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
Baltasar Gracian quote Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Baltasar Gracian quote He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
Baltasar Gracian quote Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favours by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
Baltasar Gracian quote Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
Baltasar Gracian quote Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
Baltasar Gracian quote Biography
Spanish philosopher, 1601-58
