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
along arm time truth
Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of Time
time truth lag
Truth always lags behind, limping along on the arm of Time.
telling-the-truth caution
It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it.
truth-is heard
The truth is generally seen, rarely heard.
truth men never-forget
A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
lying dont-lie whole-truth
Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.
truth minorities truth-is
Truth is for the minority.
truth integrity lying
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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.
argument opponent side taken wrong
Don't take the wrong side in an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side
conquered courage difficulty joking later yields
Like love, courage is no joking matter. If it yields once, it will have to yield again, and again. The same difficulty will have to be conquered later on, and it would have been better to get it over with.
duration favors fortune intensity pays
Fortune pays sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration
integrity done shows
They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.
spanish-philosopher
Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.