Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the e… - Baltasar Gracián

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Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.

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About Baltasar Gracián

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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Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.
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