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Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.

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
Letter
Letters
Chance
Write
Writing
Even
Something
Good

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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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Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.
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He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything.
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Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.
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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
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A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.
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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.
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Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
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When desire dies, fear is born.
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Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor.
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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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You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.
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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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A wise prince must never take things easy in times of peace.
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For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.
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Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.
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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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To keep is more important than to make friends.
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There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.
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