Baltasar Gracian

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - read more

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647.