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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

Good work

Work is the price which is paid for reputation. What costs little is little worth.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

Refusing and giving consent

One ought not to give way in everything nor to everybody. To know how to refuse is therefore as important as to know how to consent.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

Honorable war

Few wage honorable war.

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)

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)

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