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Baltasar Gracian Quotes

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

Baltasar Gracian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: spanish
Birth: January 8, 1601 - December 6, 1658

Topics

Happiness Wish You Will Miserable

There are many good-looking actors.

Good-Looking Many

The banking industry has traditionally been characterized by physical branches, privileged access to financial data, and distinct expertise in analyzing such data.

Financial Data Banking Industry Been

The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy it affords us. In short, the right to vote underlies each of our other rights.

Freedom Democracy Constitution Short

Advocates of unrestricted abortion do not want the public to focus on these undeniable facts of fetal development, but the facts cannot be ignored.

Focus Facts Abortion Want Cannot

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.

Love Great Love Is Loving Miracles

When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish I were writing a nonfiction book where all the facts are laid out and I don't have to be so much at sea.

Douglas Preston

God Sea Writing Book Thinking Facts

As soon as I got the Nobel Prize my back collapsed and I was in hospital.

Back Hospital Got Prize Soon Nobel

I did my first contest, and I got third, and my dad was, like, 'Wow, she has potential.' And I went back when I was 7, and I won. And my dad's like, 'All right,' and then he dropped everything.

Potential Back She First Right Wow

I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an illusion.

I Am Painting Worry Illusion Surface

All our compatriots know that the loss of Mongolia would mean the demise of our country. We would rather resist Russia and die heroically than succumb to Russia and perish shamefully.

Loss Die Country Know Mean Russia

It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it.

Opportunity Short More Falling Far

To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try to do what will have the best consequences for all of those affected.

Good Best Judge You Consequences

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