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Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#attempt #case #confidence #difficult #dismayed

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

— Baltasar Gracian

#always #leave #miserable #otherwise #something

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#others #would #you #yourself

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#forget #honour #man #never #never forget

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#content #leave #others #talking

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#another #communicates #himself #his #makes

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#afterwards #awake #beforehand #better #lie

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#judged #most #pass #seem #their

Begin with another's to end with your own. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#begin #end #own #your

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#dignity #insist #office #show #their