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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.

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
Nothing
Leisure
Even
Belongs
Really
Ease
Time
Business
Inspirational
Else
Reality
Better

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