Baltasar Gracian Quotes


To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.


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.