Monthly Archives: August 2018

Folly always rushes into action, for all fools are bold.. Their very simplicity, which prevents them from foreseeing danger, keeps them from worrying about their reputation. But Prudence enters with great care. Caution and Penetration precede her, beating the bushes … Continue reading →

Everyone forms his ideas according to his own interests, and offers abundant reasons to back them up. In most people, judgment yields to emotion. It often happens that two people meet head-on, and each persumes he is right. But reason … Continue reading →

Composure is the facade of the soul. It isn’t the insensibility and stillness of fools, as silly people think, but a calm sense of authority… You are as much a true person as you are mature. Baltasar. Gracian, S.J.

and don’t do it by intruding. The true road to a good reputation is merit, and if effort build upons worth, it can take a shortcut. Integrity alone is not enough, and neither is diligence, for your efforts can get … Continue reading →

Everything foreign is held in esteem, whether it came from afar, or because people see it only after it is well formed and has reached perfection.. … Some people were scorned in their own little corner but achieved worldly eminence…. … Continue reading →

No one is so helpless as not to have one, and if you’re unfortunate, it is because you haven’t recognized it…. Let each person know his own luck, and his own talents; losing and winning depend on it. Baltasar Gracian, … Continue reading →

The wise person esteems everyone, for he recognizes the good in each, and he realizes how hard it is to do things well. The fool despises others, partly out of ignorance and partly because he always prefers what is worst. … Continue reading →

The things that should most be forgotten are the ones most easily remembered…. Sometimes the best remedy for troubles is to forget them, but we forget the remedy…. Baltasar Gracian, S.J.

but the one who doesn’t know how to conceal it. Hide your affects, but even more, your defects. … Reputation is more a matter of stealth than of deeds…. You shouldn’t confide your defects to friends, or even to yourself, … Continue reading →

Few have won popular favor; consider yourself fortunate if you can win the favor of the wise. … There are ways to win and keep the grand prize of favor. You can be outstanding in your occupation and in your … Continue reading →