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If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.
Baltasar Gracian
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Baltasar Gracian
Age: 57 †
Born: 1601
Born: January 16
Died: 1658
Died: December 6
Jesuit
Philosopher
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Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
Desire
Fear
Left
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Everything
Nothing
Unhappy
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Happiness
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