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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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Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.
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Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
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To keep is more important than to make friends.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business.
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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
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It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.
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Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
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Life is a warfare against the malice of others.
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God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.
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If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.
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Hurry is the weakness of fools.
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Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.
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Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.
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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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Have Friends. 'Tis a second existence.
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The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.
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Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
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Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.
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