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Never become paradoxical in order to avoid the trite.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

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

Good sense

We often allow ourselves to take dislikes, and that before we know anything of a person. At times this innate yet vulgar aversion attaches itself to eminent personalities. Good sense masters this feeling, for there is nothing more discreditable than to dislike those better then ourselves.

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)

A great man

He is a great man who never allows himself to be influenced by the impressions of others.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

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)

Coming to believe

Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1892)

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