Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, in Aphorism 84. (1647).
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The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends.
— Baltasar Gracián on Enemies
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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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