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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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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.
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Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
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The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.
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Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
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The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
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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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Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
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Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed in brocade, or at times crowned in gold, because it cannot thereby hide its hypocrisy, for slavery does not lose its infamy, however noble the master.
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There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise luck can be helped by skill.
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If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.
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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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Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.
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Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end
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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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Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
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You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.
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Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.
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Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.
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Words are feminine deeds are masculine.
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Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.
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