Balthasar Gracian

Midway on our life path, I found myself searching through a dark wood

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@NelsonNelson987 @AlexisRen

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@Charles02411212

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Avoid the faults of your nation. Water shares the good and bad qualities of the channels through which it flows and people share those of the climate in which they are born. There are also family failings as well as faults of position, office or age.

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Be not swayed by you passions, this is the highest spiritual quality of all. Let your superiority keep you from succumbing to vulgar passing impressions. No mastery is greater than mastering yourself. This is a shortcut to the esteem of others

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@MindHealthMoney Completely false. You have to understand the whole macro environment. Not getting into debt is how you stay poor in 2021. Money is cheap. Mine fiat. Trade trash money for hard assets, repeat.

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Avoid Victories over Superiors. All victories breed hate, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal. They may allow a man to help them but not to surpass them. Have any advice tendered to them appear like a recollection of something they have forgotten

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Some never arrive at being complete; others ripen late. The complete man, wise in speech, prudent in act, is admitted to the familiar intimacy of discreet persons

[Balthasar Gracian @BalthasarGraci1]

We are not born perfect: every day we develop in our personality and in our calling as we strive towards the highest point of our completed being. This is known by the purity of our taste, the clearness of our thought, the maturity of our judgment, and the firmness of our will

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Create a feeling of dependence. The wise man would rather see men needing him than thanking him. When dependence disappears, good behavior goes with it, as well as respect.

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@GoldenJanus Andre’s steak house

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Knowledge and courage. These are the elements of greatness. Because they are immortal, they bestow immortality. Each is as much as he knows and the wise can do anything. But knowledge without courage is sterile

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A resolution declared is never highly thought of - it only leaves room for criticism. And if it happens to fail, you are doubly unfortunate. Keep silent. Imitate the divine way by inviting people to watch and wonder.

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Keep matters for a time in suspense. It is both useless and stupid to play with your cards on the table. Mix a little mystery with everything to arouse veneration. When you explain, do not be too explicit. Cautious silence is the scared sanctuary of worldly wisdom

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Character and intellect, these are the two poles of our capacity; one without the other is only halfway to happiness.

[Balthasar Gracian @BalthasarGraci1]

Everything is at its peak of perfection. This is especially true of the art of making ones way in the world. There is more required nowadays to make a single wise person than formerly to make Seven Sages of Ancient Greece