Baltasar Gracián





Baltasar Gracián

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born
January 08, 1601 in Belmonte, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

died
December 06, 1658

gender
male

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Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ, was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragon).


Average rating: 4.25 · 368 ratings · 51 reviews · 36 distinct works
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
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El Criticón
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A Truth Telling Manual and ...
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Oracolul
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Maallisen viisauden käsikirja
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Sankarin taskupeili
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Agudeza Y Arte De Ingenio
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Tratados: El Heroe, El Disc...
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Barutazāru Gurashian No Ke...
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More books by Baltasar Gracián…
“Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.”
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“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
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“Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.”
Baltasar Gracián