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Jul 12, 2012 this interesting book the art of worldly wisdom. From the art of being lucky to the healthy use of caution, these elegant maxims were created as a guide to life, with further. Feb 26, 2015 discover book depositorys huge selection of baltasar gracian books online. In the 1600s, balthasar gracian, a jesuit priest, wrote 300 aphorisms on living life effectively called the art of worldly wisdom. From the art of being lucky to the healthy use of caution, these elegant maxims were created as a guide to life, with further suggestions given on cultivating good taste, knowing how to refuse, the foolishness of complaining and the wisdom of.
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Gesundheitlich ruiniert starb baltasar gracian y morales s. Being a collection of the aphorisms which appear in the works of baltasar gracian isbn 9781432586508 9781432586508 softcover, kessinger publishing, llc, 2007. Baltasar gracian was a jesuit teaching in colleges across the kingdom of aragon in addition to being the confessor to the viceroy of aragon and chaplain to the spanish. From 1616 to 1619 gracian studied at a jesuit school in saragosa.
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