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
friendship relationship true-friend
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
dream long way
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
letting-go skills knowing
The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.
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
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.
inspirational life doors
Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
truth integrity lying
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
giving people want
You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.
business good-luck skills
It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
lying knowledge knowing
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
justice sole advantage
The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
excellence quality quantity
Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.