It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you a…

Baltasar Gracian
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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
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Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth. ✨ 'Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia' ('The Art of Worldly Wisdom'). Book by Baltasar Gracián, Maxim 181, 1647.
Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time. ✨ The Art of Worldly Wisdom.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it. ✨ Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). The Art of Worldly Wisdom, p.60, Shambhala Publications

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