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God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.

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
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If you are wise, live as you can if you cannot, live as you would.
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It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody scarcely less to be of use to everybody.
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Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.
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The path to greatness is along with others.
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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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You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.
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