Facts about Baltasar Gracian

Occup.Philosopher
FromSpain
BornJanuary 8, 1601
DiedDecember 6, 1658
Aged57 years

Summary

Baltasar Gracian was a famous Philosopher from Spain, who lived between January 8, 1601 and December 6, 1658. He/she became 57 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac capricorn, who is known for Determination, Dominance, Perservering, Practical, Willful. Our collection contains 47 quotes who is written / told by Baltasar, under the main topics: Happiness - Wisdom - Friendship - Dreams.

47 Famous quotes by Baltasar Gracian

Small: A beautiful woman should break her mirror early
"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early"
Small: The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause
"The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause"
Small: Have friends. Tis a second existence
"Have friends. 'Tis a second existence"
Small: When desire dies, fear is born
"When desire dies, fear is born"
Small: A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends
"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends"
Small: Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness
"Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness"
Small: Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way
"Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way"
Small: The things we remember best are those better forgotten
"The things we remember best are those better forgotten"
Small: One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity
"One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity"
Small: Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it
"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it"
Small: Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up
"Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself"
Small: Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil
"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil"
Small: Begin with anothers to end with your own
"Begin with another's to end with your own"
Small: Be content to act, and leave the talking to others
"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others"
Small: Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong
"Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong"
Small: Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one
"Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one"
Small: Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment
"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment"
Small: Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isnt being
"Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave"
Small: Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching
"Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching"
Small: Know or listen to those who know
"Know or listen to those who know"
Small: He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well
"He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well"
Small: Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance
"Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance"
Small: Dont show off every day, or youll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over.
"Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent"
Small: Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one
"Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one"
Small: Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon
"Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders"
Small: A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, swe
"A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself"
Small: Work is the price which is paid for reputation
"Work is the price which is paid for reputation"
Small: Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit
"Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit"
Small: The wise does at once what the fool does at last
"The wise does at once what the fool does at last"
Small: It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it
"It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it"
Small: He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that others slave
"He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave"
Small: Evil report carries further than any applause
"Evil report carries further than any applause"
Small: Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy in the one case that c
"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"
Small: At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, a
"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"
Small: A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are
"A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are"
Small: To oblige persons often costs little and helps much
"To oblige persons often costs little and helps much"
Small: Quit while youre ahead. All the best gamblers do
"Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do"
Small: It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards
"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards"
Small: Dont take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side
"Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side"
Small: A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity
"A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity"
Small: Respect yourself if you would have others respect you
"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you"
Small: I strive to be brief, and I become obscure
"I strive to be brief, and I become obscure"
Small: Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose
"Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose"
Small: Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check
"Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check"
Small: He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything
"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything"
Small: Never have a companion that casts you in the shade
"Never have a companion that casts you in the shade"
Small: Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone
"Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone"