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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Baltasar Gracian
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Baltasar Gracian
Age: 57 †
Born: 1601
Born: January 16
Died: 1658
Died: December 6
Jesuit
Philosopher
Writer
Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
Anything
Everything
Never
Temper
Anger
Angry
Wrong
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