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
patience no-patience retiring
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
loss missing risk
Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable.
time truth lag
Truth always lags behind, limping along on the arm of Time.
writing letters chance
Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter
dignity offensive attraction
It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.
fashion achievement promise
Know how to keep anticipation alive: always strive to feed it, by letting the much promise more, and the one achievement be the announcement only of a greater. Put not all your reserves into the first throw; the great trick is to dole out strength, and to dole out mind, in such a fashion as to bring forward increasingly the fulfillment of what was expected of you.
motivation men age
Know the great men of your age.
knowing important
Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.
thinking fool
The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.
eye deception ears
Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.
wise enemy fool
The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .
usa haze
La galantería y la honra tienen esta ventaja, que se quedan: aquélla en quien la usa, ésta en quien la haze.
strong heart trust-your-heart
Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.
future deeds tomorrow
It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.