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Baltasar Gracian

Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ (Spanish pronunciation: [balta?sar ??a??jan]; 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), formerly Anglicized as Baltazar Gracian, was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragon). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.

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True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life ...

Know or listen to those who know.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog ...

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't be ...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She s ...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.