The Art of Worldly Wisdom

by Baltasar Gracian

300 short maxims by Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). The advice is still useful and insightful for our modern world. Gracian was considered one of the most interesting philosophers by both Nietzsche und Schopenhauer, and the latter translated The Art of Worldly Wisdom into German. This English translation was done by the famous Australian fairy-tale collector Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916)

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01 - Mrs. G H Lewis - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

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02 - Introduction - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

03 - No Laws for the Just - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

04 - Cultivate Those Who Can Teach You - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

05 - The Art of Being Lucky - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

06 - Select The Lucky and Avoid the Unlucky - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

07 - Never Exaggerate The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

08 - Know How To Choose Well - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

09 - To Excel In What is Excellent - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

10 - Do Not Vacillate - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

11 - Renew Your Brilliance - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

12 - Never Set To Work if You Have Any Doubts of its Prudence - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

13 - One Half of the World Laughs at the Other and Fools are they All - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

14 - Have Friends - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

15 - Do Not Make a Business of What is No Business - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

16 - Nobility of Feeling - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

17 - Do Not Listen to Yourself - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

18 - Think Beforehand - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

19 - Know Your Pitfalls - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

20 - Waste Not Influence - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

21 - The Truth but not the Whole Truth - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

22 - Do Not Take Payment in Politeness - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

23 - They are All Fools Who Seem so Besides Half the Rest - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

24 - Heaven is Bliss, Hell is Misery - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

25 - Do Not Seize Occations to Embaress Yourself - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

26 - Never Let Things Be Seen Half Finished - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

27 - Put Up With Railery But Do Not Practice It - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

28 - Devine & Human Means - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

29 - Do Not Follow A Folly - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

30 - Occupations - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

31 - Find Favor with Men of Sense - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

32 - Know How To Test - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian

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