It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.
Baltasar GracianIt is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
Baltasar GracianYou should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.
Baltasar GracianDon't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.
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