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
thinking fool
The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.
thinking ideas people
Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not.
wise learning thinking
Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.
confidence thinking secret
Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax
thinking giving yes-and-no
Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over.
thinking done undone
For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.
fate men thinking
A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.
door greater invariably lesser open spanish-philosopher
Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
argument opponent side taken wrong
Don't take the wrong side in an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side
man spanish-philosopher
At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.
harm spirit weak
A weak spirit does more harm than a weak body.
forty judgment thirty twenty
At twenty the will rules, At thirty the intellect, At forty the judgment
destroys integrity lie reputation single
A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity
fools half laughs
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all