Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you ... -Baltasar Gracian

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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Baltasar Gracian , Philosopher
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Baltasar Gracian was a Spanish philosopher and writer known for his philosophical works. His writings explore various aspects of human nature, wisdom, and the art of living, offering insights and guidance that continue to resonate with readers and philosophers to this day.

Baltasar Gracian Quotes to Explore

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause....
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one....
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......
Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise....
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art....
Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do....
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching....
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave....
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself....

Happiness Quotes to Explore

While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck....
The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But i...
Being married to your best friend, that's happiness....
Me, I've been lucky to be good at happiness....
While I voted for Mr. Trump, my confidence remains in God for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness....
Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime....
You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, tha...
I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and the...
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are....
Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your...