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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Baltasar Gracián?
→ My heart is breaking for a little love.
→ Don’t take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
→ A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
→ Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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Pick the quote attributed to Baltasar Gracián.
→ A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
→ The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
→ There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
→ Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
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Select the quotation attributed to Baltasar Gracián.
→ Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.
→ The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
→ They say coffee is a slow poison. Slow it must be indeed for I have sipped it for seventy-five years.
→ There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
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One of these may be attributed to Baltasar Gracián. Which one?
→ Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
→ Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
→ When the candles are out, all women are fair.
→ Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Which one of these belongs to Baltasar Gracián?
→ A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
→ Force has no place where there is need of skill.
→ The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
→ We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to Baltasar Gracián?
→ Politeness is the chief sign of culture.
→ Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
→ Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.
→ Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Baltasar Gracián.
→ Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.
→ Politeness is the chief sign of culture.
→ Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
→ Don’t take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
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One of the following quotations belongs to Baltasar Gracián. Which one?
→ My heart is breaking for a little love.
→ Politeness is the chief sign of culture.
→ Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.
→ Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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Can you guess which one of these belongs to Baltasar Gracián?
→ Politeness is the chief sign of culture.
→ Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.
→ Don’t take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
→ A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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Try to identify the quote attributed to Baltasar Gracián.
→ To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.
→ To an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor.
→ A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
→ Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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Looks like Baltasar Gracián is the author of one of these.
→ Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.
→ Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.
→ There is no need to show your ability before everyone.
→ Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.
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Pick the one quotation belonging to Baltasar Gracián.
→ Anger manages everything badly.
→ The offender never pardons.
→ Good things, when short, are twice as good.
→ There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy.
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Which one should be attributed to Baltasar Gracián?
→ The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
→ Leave no stone unturned.
→ If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it.
→ Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
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Can you identify which quote belongs to Baltasar Gracián?
→ If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
→ Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
→ If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.
→ Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
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