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Not applying remedies

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It takes a wise doctor to know when not to prescribe, and at times the greater skill consists in not applying remedies.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

Was born on: 08.01.1601
About Author: Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer

Desires and defects

You should keep your desires sealed up, still more your defects. All go wrong sometimes, but the wise try to hide the errors, but fools boast of them.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

Courage

Moral courage exceeds physical; it should be like a sword kept ready for use in the scabbard of caution.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

Silence

Cautious silence is the holy of holies of worldly wisdom. A resolution declared is never highly thought of — it only leaves room for criticism.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

Watch superlatives

It is an important object of attention not to talk in superlatives, so as neither to offend against truth nor to give a mean idea of one's understanding. Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

Always ready

Wisdom is shown in serious matters, and is more appreciated than mere wit. He that is always ready for jests is never ready for serious things. They resemble liars in that men never believe either, always expecting a lie in one, a joke in the other.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

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