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What the multitude says, is so, or soon will be so.

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
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Multitudes
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Many pleasant things are better when they belong to someone else. When things belong to others, we enjoy them twice as much, without the risk of losing them, and with the pleasure of novelty.
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One who was abhorred by all in prosperity is adored by all in adversity.
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The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
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Life is a warfare against the malice of others.
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Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
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Wisdom and courage make mutual contributions to greatness.
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Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.
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Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.
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You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.
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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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Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end
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There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
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When desire dies, fear is born.
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Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.
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He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything.
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It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.
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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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We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.
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Exaggeration is a branch of lying.
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A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
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