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Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices.

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
Study
Suffices
Choices
Correct
Wells
Intellect
Well
Neither
Needs
Judgment
Good
Depends
Life
Taste
Choose
Thereon

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