Baltasar Gracián book The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Maxim 19 (p. 12)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)
Context: Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would. This rule does not hold true for bad things: when an evil has been exaggerated, its reality makes people applaud. What was feared as ruinous comes to seem tolerable.
“Do something well, and that is quickly enough.”
Baltasar Gracián book The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Harto presto, si bien.
Maxim 57 (p. 32)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)
“To overvalue something is a form of lying.”
Baltasar Gracián book The Art of Worldly Wisdom
El encarecer es ramo de mentir.
Maxim 41 (p. 24)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)
Baltasar Gracián book The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Que el aviso haga antes viso de recuerdo de lo que olvidava que de luz de lo que no alcançó.
Maxim 7 (p. 4)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)