Baltasar Gracian Quotes


Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.


Citations

Gracián, Baltasar. The Art of Worldly Wisdom. Translated by Joseph Jacobs, Macmillan and Co., 1892.

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Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
  • Born: January 8, 1601
  • Died: December 6, 1658
  • Nationality: Spanish
  • Profession: Philosopher

Baltasar Gracián y Morales, S.J., better known as Baltasar Gracián, 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.