Baltasar Gracián y Morales was a Spanish Baroque prose writer. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud .
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“God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.”
Baltasar Gracian
“Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.”
“Time and I against any two”
“The pillow is a silent Sibyl, and it is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards”
“Le premier signe de l'ignorance, c'est de présumer que l'on sait.”
Baltasar Gracian Y Morales
“Friendship multiples the good of life and divides the evil.”
“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”
“Work is the price which is paid for reputation”
“Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.”