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"Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art." -
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Top 5 quotes from Baltasar Gracian
"Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness."
"One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground."
"True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island….to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing."
"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."
"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment."
Top 5 quotes from Art, Nature
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."
"Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far, I think nature is winning."
"How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!"
"I don't work according to nature, but infront and together with it. An artist must observe the nature, but never confuse it with the art."
"Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots."
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