Quote by: Baltasar Gracian

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.


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Author Bio


  • NameBaltasar Gracian
  • DescriptionSpanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher
  • AliasesBalthasar Gracian
  • BornJanuary 8, 1601
  • DiedDecember 6, 1658
  • CountrySpain
  • ProfessionWriter; Philosopher