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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

— Baltasar Gracián The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)

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Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.

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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.

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Some marry the first information they receive, and turn what comes later into their concubine. Since deceit is always first to arrive, there is no room left for truth.

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