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• God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.

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  Time

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• All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.

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  Hate, Over You, Victory

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• Make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with the advantages of instruction.

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  Friends, Teacher, Pleasure

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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• He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything.

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  Laughter, Laughing, Fool

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• When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.

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  Annoyed, Greed

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom". Book by Baltasar Gracián, Maxim 85, 1647.

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• Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.

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  Wise, Understanding, Sometimes

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• Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.

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  Eye, Deception, Deceit

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom". Book by Baltasar Gracián. Maxim 282, 1647.

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• Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they give pleasure to the owner, but in all the rest to the others: what belongs to another rejoices doubly, because it is without the risk of going stale and with the satisfaction of freshness. . . the possession of things not only diminishes their enjoyment, but augments their annoyance, whether shared or not shared.

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  Giving, Risk, Delight

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• Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.

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  Long, Tire, Fortune

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.22, Shambhala Publications

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• Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

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  Sports, Memorial Day, Hero

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.169, Shambhala Publications

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• Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

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  What Matters, People, Common

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• The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules.

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  Time, Clubs, Crutches

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• Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.

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  Courtesy, Manners, Great Person

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• You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.

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  War, Arrows, Use

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.95, Shambhala Publications

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• The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. Yet there exist those chamaleons of popularity who find their joy, not in the sweet breath of Apollo, but in the smell of the crowd. And not in mind: Do not be taken in by what are miracles to the populace, for the ignorant do not rise above marveling. Thus the stupidity of a crowd is lost in admiration, even as the brain of an individual uncovers the trick.

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  Sweet, Taken, Smell

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• It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

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  Littles, Too Much, Would Be

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• We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

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  Depends

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

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• Cultivate those who can teach you.

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  Teamwork, Teach

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• Surfeits of happiness are fatal.

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  Happiness

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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• Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.

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  Imagination, Harness, Whole

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• Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.

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  Men, Culture, Barbarians

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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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  Issues, Excellence, Mediocrity

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• Admiration is the basis of ignorance.

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  Ignorance, Admiration, Bases

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• Few are the friends of a mans self, most those of his circumstances.

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  Friends, Self, Circumstances

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• Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over.

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  Thinking, Giving, Yes And No

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.40, Shambhala Publications

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