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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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The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.
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Admiration is the basis of ignorance.
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Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.
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Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
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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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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.
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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.
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Display startling novelty-rise afresh like the sun every day. Change too the scene on which you shine, so that you rloss may be felt in the old scenes of your triumph, while the novelty of your powers wins applause in the new.
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