Baltasar Gracián
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Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ (8 January 1601 - 6 December 1658), formerly Anglicized as Baltazar Gracian, was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragon). His proto-existentialist writings were lauded by Nietzsche and Schopenhauer.
Wednesday Feb 1, 2023
Baltasar Gracián: A wise man
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Monday Dec 2, 2019
Baltasar Gracián: Advice
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Baltasar Gracian: Your story
The only thing keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself about why you can't have it.
