Baltasar Gracian Quotes on Man (4 Quotes)

Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.

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.