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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster

by Dana Thomas

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Mar 24, 2024 03:00PM

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“This is the single advantage of power, that it enables the holder to do more good.”
― Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

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“Engage with reason so misfortune doesn't contend with you.”
― Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

tags: misfortune, reason

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“Look beneath the surface. Things are usually very different from how they initially appeared, and ignorance, which didn't look beneath the surface, turns to disillusion when it penetrates to the interior. Falsehood always arrives first; it drags along fools with their endless vulgarity. Truth always arrives last, and late, limping along with Time.”
― Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

tags: appearance, falsehood, surface, truth

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“Half the world is laughing at the other half, and all are fools.”
― Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

tags: contempt, fool, politics

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“They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.”
― Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

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