Baltasar Gracian Quotes - Page 11

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• Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love.

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  Love, Gains, Admiration

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• Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.

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  Wisdom, Believe, Would Be

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom". Book by Baltasar Gracián. Maxim 176, 1647.

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• It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody.

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  Excellent, Devices, Acquire

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• One who was abhorred by all in prosperity is adored by all in adversity.

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  Adversity, Prosperity

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom".

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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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  Wise, Fashion, Ignorance

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• A person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and many so born failed to benefit by it. Some merited a better century, for all that is good does not always triumph. Fashions have their periods and even the greatest virtues, their styles. But the philosopher, being ageless, has one advantage: Should this not prove the right century, many to follow will.

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  Fashion, Style, Triumph

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• Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itselft.

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  Trying, Deceit, Deceiving

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• The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don't have rather than being grateful for what they have, which is always better than some others.]

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  Gratitude, Grateful, Focus

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