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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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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