Baltasar Gracian Quotes


Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.


Citations

Gracián, Baltasar. The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle. Translated by Christopher Maurer, Currency Doubleday, 1992, p. 91.

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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.