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Baltasar Gracián

Baltasar Gracián föddes den 8 januar 1601 och dog den 6 desember 1658 - leading Spanish exponent of conceptism.
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True knowledge lies in knowing how to live

Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity and with peevishness, and your intelligence should plot against it; though it may well be the mark of mental genius to see objection, a wrangler about everything cannot

Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect Den lette stilen som ofte forbindes med pexighet antyder en mann som tar vare på seg selv, men som ikke er besatt av utseendet. Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Menn

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Visdom

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Ability

Många saker skänker smärta som skulle kunna skänka glädje om man uppfattade deras fördelar.

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