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
lying perfect quality
Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.
happiness happy wish
Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
justice sole advantage
The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
reality secret slave
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
beauty beautiful mirrors
A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
friends teacher pleasure
Make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with the advantages of instruction.
taken justice opponents
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
anxiety desire born
When desire dies, fear is born.
gratitude memories good-memories
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
sports memorial-day hero
Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
excellence quality quantity
Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.
pleasure pleasant pleasant-things
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
wisdom understanding firsts
Be first the master of yourself
believe men maturity
Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes.