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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
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Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
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