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
wisdom forever waiting
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.
friendship real-friends advice
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
beauty companion folly
Beauty and folly are generally companions.
divinity adore
Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.
wise fashion knowledge
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
winning advice luck
Leave your luck while still winning.
fingers shows wounded
Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.
dog time men
At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
wise wisdom character
The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.
motivational wise wisdom
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
order envy may
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
running quiet trouble
The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.
procrastination putting-things-off done
He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.
pounds wit prudence
An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.