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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.

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
Masters
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Supremacy
Nature
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Best
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