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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
Chance
Write
Writing
Even
Something
Good
Letter
Letters

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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else.
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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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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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Keep to yourself the final touches of your art.
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You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.
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Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
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Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations - they are the device of another to get you into his power
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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
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When desire dies, fear is born.
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Superiority is always detested.
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To keep is more important than to make friends.
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The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.
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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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Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.
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Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
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Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.
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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
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It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.
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