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We live by information, not by sight.
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
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Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
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Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
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The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious.
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It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.
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Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
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Knowledge without courage is sterile.
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The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed.
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Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time.
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All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure.
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Beauty and folly are generally companions.
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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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To be at ease is better than to be at business.
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