"A sage has one advantage he is immortal. If this is not his century many others will be.

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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
More Baltasar Gracián quotes
"The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.
"He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead for she is wont to favor the bold.
"Knowledge without courage is sterile.
"We have eyelids but not earlids, for the ears are the portals of learning, and Nature wanted to keep them wide open.
"Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have ma...
"Be first the master of yourself
"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.