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The top 3 according to 11 votes from people: Good things, when short, are twice as good. · All who seem fools are fools, and so are half of those who don't. · Man is born a barbarian, and rises above the beast by cultivating himself.. (Updated Sep 16, 2019.)
Aphorisms by the Aragonese Jesuit, mostly from The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647) and El Criticón: prudence, wit and plenty of irony.
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Good things, when short, are twice as good.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 105.
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All who seem fools are fools, and so are half of those who don't.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 201.
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Man is born a barbarian, and rises above the beast by cultivating himself.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 87.
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Think with the few and speak with the many.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 43.
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A fine retreat is as glorious as a gallant attack.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 38.
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Take more care not to miss once than to hit a hundred times.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom.
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Each person shows what they are by the friends they keep.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom.
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To live, let live.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 192.
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All mortals go in search of happiness, a sign that none of them has it.
El Criticón.
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For the forewarned there are no accidents.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom.
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