Half the world is laughing at the other half, and all are f… - Baltasar Gracián

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Half the world is laughing at the other half, and all are fools.

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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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