When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.
• Maxim 7 (p. 4)
• Maxim 7 (p. 4)
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Que el aviso haga antes viso de recuerdo de lo que olvidava que de luz de lo que no alcançó.
— Baltasar Gracián
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Que el aviso haga antes viso de recuerdo de lo que olvidava que de luz de lo que no alcançó." in the context of "When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.
• Maxim 7 (p. 4)" 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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