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Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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
Memory
Memories
Hope
Good
Gratitude

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Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.
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Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
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Beauty and folly are generally companions.
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For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.
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Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations - they are the device of another to get you into his power
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Life is a warfare against the malice of others.
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There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
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It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.
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A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
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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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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
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Many pleasant things are better when they belong to someone else. When things belong to others, we enjoy them twice as much, without the risk of losing them, and with the pleasure of novelty.
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It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody.
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Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.
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The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .
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If you are wise, live as you can if you cannot, live as you would.
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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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Exaggeration is a branch of lying.
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We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.
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The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed.
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