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Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Baltasar Gracian
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Baltasar Gracian
Age: 57 †
Born: 1601
Born: January 16
Died: 1658
Died: December 6
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Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
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Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed in brocade, or at times crowned in gold, because it cannot thereby hide its hypocrisy, for slavery does not lose its infamy, however noble the master.
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Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.
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Fools rush in through the door for folly is always bold.
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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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Exaggeration is a branch of lying.
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He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
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Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.
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Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
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It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.
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Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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Life is a warfare against the malice of others.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
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If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else.
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