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Baltasar Gracián

“Recognize things when they are at their best, in their season, and know how to enjoy them then. The works of nature all amount to a peak of perfection; up to it they wax, beyond it they wane. Only in matters of art have a few gone to the point where they might not be improved. It is the mark of cultivated taste to enjoy everything at its best. But all may not do this, and not all who may, know how. Even the fruits of the spirit have their moment of ripeness, and it is well to recognize this, in order to value it properly and attend to it.”

Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
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The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle by Baltasar Gracián
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