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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
Baltasar Gracian
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Baltasar Gracian
Age: 57 †
Born: 1601
Born: January 16
Died: 1658
Died: December 6
Jesuit
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Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
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Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
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Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor.
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Peacemakers not only live, they rule life.
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