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Know the great men of your age.

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
Men
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It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.
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Words are feminine deeds are masculine.
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Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
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Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
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To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
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Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
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Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations - they are the device of another to get you into his power
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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