- Baltasar Gracian
(01/08/1601 – 12/06/1658)
Spanish philosopher
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"Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness."
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"For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received."
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"Tell me about yourself—your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number."
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 If you're so hell-bent on buying something that belonged to Mr. Hearst, you can get a Journal-American for five cents. |
"I am more important than my problems."
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| "Courage is the fear of being thought a coward." |
"Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you."
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"There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule."
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"Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over."
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"No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years."
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"We don't deliberately set out to offend. Unless we feel it's justified. And in the case of certain well-known religions, it was justified."
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"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
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"I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image."
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"They've got only one guy who comes back from the dead. We've got millions."
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