Baltasar Gracián y Morales

Who was Baltasar Gracián y Morales?

Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud. His proto-existentialist writings were lauded by Nietzsche and Schopenhauer.

Famous Quotes:

• To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
• The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
• Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
• There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
• One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
• The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
• To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
• There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
• A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
• Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.