a misfortune cannot surprise a man who has already feared i… - Baltasar Gracián

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a misfortune cannot surprise a man who has already feared it.

Baltasar Gracián

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

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Muchas cosas de gusto no se han de poseer en propiedad. … Gózanse las cosas ajenas con doblada fruición, esto es, sin el riesgo del daño y con el gusto de la novedad.

Not believing others implies that you yourself are deceitful. The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed.

Because the ignorant do not know themselves, they never know for what they are lacking. Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.

a misfortune cannot surprise a man who has already feared it. - Baltasar Gracián

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