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
beauty companion folly
Beauty and folly are generally companions.
excellent devices acquire
It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody.
knowledge sight information
We live by information, not by sight.
work skills kind
It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.
work ease
To be at ease is better than to be at business.
conversation folly ifs
If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.
pleasure pleasant pleasant-things
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
memories remember forgotten
The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
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
writing letters chance
Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter
self-improvement obscure strive
I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
simple enjoy simple-happiness
The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.
wise luck chance
Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
evil applause carrie
Evil report carries further than any applause.