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Words are feminine deeds are masculine.
Baltasar Gracian
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Baltasar Gracian
Age: 57 †
Born: 1601
Born: January 16
Died: 1658
Died: December 6
Jesuit
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Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
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A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.
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Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
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Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.
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Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
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Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare much lowers value.
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There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
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Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.
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Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.
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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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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
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Have Friends. 'Tis a second existence.
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The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.
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Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
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Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.
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There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.
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The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.
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Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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Success rarely brings satisfaction.
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