The person who does not know how to put up with others should retire into himself, if indeed he can suffer even himself.
• Maxim 159 (p. 90)
• Maxim 159 (p. 90)
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El que no se hallare con ánimo de sufrir apele al retiro de sí mismo, si es que aun a sí mismo se ha de poder tolerar.
— Baltasar Gracián
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "El que no se hallare con ánimo de sufrir apele al retiro de sí mismo, si es que aun a sí mismo se ha de poder tolerar." in the context of "The person who does not know how to put up with others should retire into himself, if indeed he can suffer even himself.
• Maxim 159 (p. 90)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Baltasar Gracián" (Quotes, The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647): Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia, the title of which has been translated, as The Oracle, a Manual of the Art of Discretion and The Art of Worldly Wisdom, was a collection of maxims. Page numbers provided here are from The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle (1992), translated by Christopher Maurer,
See also Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia)
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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.
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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