Triviality is annoying, and in a person's character, tediou… - Baltasar Gracián

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Triviality is annoying, and in a person's character, tedious. To keep coming back to a disagreement is a kind of mania.

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Baltasar Gracián y Morales (8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), most widely known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit author regarded as one of the most accomplished prose stylists of the Baroque era.

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Pen Names: Lorenzo Gracián

Alternative Names: Balthasar Gracian • Baltasar Gracian • Baltasar Gracián y Morales

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Triviality is annoying, and in a person's character, tedious. To keep coming back to a disagreement is a kind of mania. - Baltasar Gracián

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