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The Art of Worldly Wisdom (The Oracle) & The Critick (Timeless Wisdom Collection) QUOTES

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (The Oracle) & The Critick (Timeless Wisdom Collection) QUOTES

1 " Know how to wait. It shows a great heart with deep reserves of patience. Never hurry and never give way to your emotions. Master yourself and you will master others. Stroll through the open spaces of time to the center of opportunity. Wise hesitation ripens success and brings secrets to maturity.

The crutch of Time can do more than the steely club of Hercules. (...) A wonderful saying: “Time and I can take on any two.” Fortune gives larger rewards to those who wait. "

― Baltasar Gracián , The Art of Worldly Wisdom (The Oracle) & The Critick (Timeless Wisdom Collection)

2 " We are born to know the world and to know ourselves, and the great books of truth make us persons. "

― Baltasar Gracián , The Art of Worldly Wisdom (The Oracle) & The Critick (Timeless Wisdom Collection)