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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
Write
Writing
Even
Something
Good
Letter
Letters
Chance

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The truth is generally seen, rarely heard.
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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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Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.
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A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
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Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.
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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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Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.
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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time.
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Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
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They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.
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Exaggeration is a branch of lying.
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Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
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Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.
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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
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