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It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.
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
Without
Mind
Life
Borrowed
Brains
Either
Impossible
Brain
Live
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