Quotes by Gracian, Baltasar

When desire dies, fear is born. >>

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. >>

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. >>

Quotations about Age and Aging

Few people know how to be old. >>

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel ol >>

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harde >>

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

Gracian, Baltasar