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He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

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
Sage
Beast
Solitude
Alone
Live
Everything
Resembles
Nothing
Brute
Much
Brutes

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