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
people busy
Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
procrastination putting-things-off done
He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.
hate over-you victory
All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.
art philosophy character
Character and intelligence are the poles you talent spins on, displaying your gifts.
smart people advice
Know how to use evasion. That is how smart people get out of difficulties.
clever two people
Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.
knowledge greatness turns
Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.
success perseverance determination
Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.
wise mistake men
Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.
friendship blessing soul
Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.
unhappy desire states
If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.
wise wisdom impatient
The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.
confidence fall achievement
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
dry gilded
A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.