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Baltasar Gracian
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“A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.”
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“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.”
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“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
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“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”
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“Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.”
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“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.”
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“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.”
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“The things we remember best are those better forgotten.”
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“To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.”
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“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”
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“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
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“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.”
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“When desire dies, fear is born.”
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“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
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“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”
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“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.”
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“Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”
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“Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.”
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“Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.”
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“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”
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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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“True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.”
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“Know or listen to those who know.”
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“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”
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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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