Baltasar Gracián1601–1658The quotations of
Baltasar Gracián
Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language
1601–1658
22 quotes, most often on Truth & Lies, Wisdom and Friendship. Part of the Philosophers collection.
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Don’t take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
- The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647), Maxim 118: (p. 66)
- The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647), Maxim 227 (p. 128)
