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At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
Baltasar Gracian
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Baltasar Gracian
Age: 57 †
Born: 1601
Born: January 16
Died: 1658
Died: December 6
Jesuit
Philosopher
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Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
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Fifty
Apes
Thirty
Seventies
Twenty
Lion
Twenties
Eighty
Peacock
Dog
Lions
Camel
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Sixty
Camels
Nothing
Forty
Seventy
Men
Aging
Serpent
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