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
wise enemy fool
The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .
wise luck chance
Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
wise respect men
Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.
wise ifs
If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.
wise fashion knowledge
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
friendship wise men
A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.
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.
wise understanding sometimes
Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.
motivational wise wisdom
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
wise advice easy
A wise prince must never take things easy in times of peace.
wise skills luck
There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.
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.
wise thanking-him advice
The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.
wise wisdom impatient
The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.