Baltasar Gracian Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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Every man must wear out at least one pair of fools shoes.
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I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
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I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment.
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Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
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The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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A true man hates no one.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.
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All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
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You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.
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That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith.
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The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.
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The onset of a crisis is usually triggered by a spectacular failure which shakes confidence in fictitious forms of capital.
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I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.
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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.
