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
Baltasar Gracian quotes about
procrastination putting-things-off done
He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.
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.
funny wise wisdom
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
belongs
All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.
harm spirit weak
A weak spirit does more harm than a weak body.
opportunity arriving arrivals
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
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
duration favors fortune intensity pays
Fortune pays sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration
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.
great guide piece skill waiting
It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck, even while waiting for it
inspirational life doors
Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.