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Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.

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
Soothes
Multiplies
Blessings
Blessing
Friendship
Soul

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Knowledge without courage is sterile.
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We live by information, not by sight.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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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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Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
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It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
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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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Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
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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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Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
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For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.
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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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Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.
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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
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It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.
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The truth is generally seen, rarely heard.
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When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.
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Tis much to gain universal admiration more, universal love.
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