Virtue alone is for real; all else is sham. Talent and grea… - Baltasar Gracián

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Virtue alone is for real; all else is sham. Talent and greatness depend on virtue, not on fortune. Only virtue is sufficient unto herself. She makes us love the living and remember the dead.

Baltasar Gracián

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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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