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
adversity prosperity
One who was adored by all in prosperity is abhorred by all in adversity.
knowing important
Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.
honor losing advantage
Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
thinking fool
The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.
eye deception ears
Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.
wise enemy fool
The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .
usa haze
La galantería y la honra tienen esta ventaja, que se quedan: aquélla en quien la usa, ésta en quien la haze.
patience no-patience retiring
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
strong heart trust-your-heart
Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.
future deeds tomorrow
It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.
nature art needs
Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.
helping
The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.
mountain lightning strikes
Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.
cities beast wild-beasts
The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.