Spanish - Philosopher | January 8, 1601 - December 6, 1658
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
Baltasar Gracian
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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
WisdomCourageFruitWithoutBears
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
GoodCuriousYouEnvyOrderMay
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
LiveGodAloneBeastNothingSage
Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
LongYouSometimesSheShoulders
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
CommunicationSecretSlaveHeHis
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
JealousyWinDieApplauseOnceOft
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.
BusinessTimeBetterNothingUsWho
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
WorthEqualTwiceMustPredecessor
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
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Evil report carries further than any applause.
EvilApplauseReportFurtherThan
Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
BestYouQuitAheadWhileGamblers
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