Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. - Baltasar Gracián

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Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

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