Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ, formerly Anglicized as Baltazar Gracian, was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud. His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 January 1601
CountrySpain
success perseverance determination
Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.
knowledge greatness turns
Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.
smart people advice
Know how to use evasion. That is how smart people get out of difficulties.
fall giving woe
Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.
hate over-you victory
All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.
people busy
Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
real real-friends important
To keep is more important than to make friends.
procrastination putting-things-off done
He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.
art philosophy character
Character and intelligence are the poles you talent spins on, displaying your gifts.
solitude sage beast
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
opportunity arriving arrivals
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
expectations advice promise
Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
lying liars believe
The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed.
water thirst wells
He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.