Quotation:
"Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets."
More quotes from: Baltasar Gracian
- "A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds ..."
- "A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. "
- "A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity. "
- "A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. "
- "Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one. "
- "At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, ..."
- "Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; ..."
- "Begin with another's to end with your own. "
- "Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. "
- "Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a ..."
- "Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is ..."
- "Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their ..."
- "Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. "
- "Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. "
- "Have friends. 'Tis a second existence. "
- "He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, ..."
- "He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave. "
- "He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well. "
- "Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. "
- "I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. "
- "It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even ..."
- "It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not ..."
- "It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. "
- "It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those ..."
- "Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he ..."
- "Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second. "
- "Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. "
- "Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. "
- "Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to ..."
- "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 the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink ..."
- "Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame. "
- "One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. "
- "Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. "
- "The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. "
- "The wise does at once what the fool does at last. "
- "There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. "
- "There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but ..."
- "To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to ..."


