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The Art of Worldly Wisdom, by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], at sacred-texts.com
p. lv
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i |
Everything is at its Acme (Todo está ya en su punto) | |
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ii |
Character and Intellect (Genio y ingenio) | |
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iii |
Keep Matters for a Time in Suspense (Llevar sus cosas con suspencion) | |
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iv |
Knowledge and Courage (El saber y el valor) | |
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v |
Create a Feeling of Dependence (Hazer depender) | |
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vi |
A Man at his Highest Point (Hombre en su pinto) | |
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vii |
Avoid Victories over Superiors (Escusar vitorias del patron) | |
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viii |
To be without Passions (Hombre inapasionable) | |
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ix |
Avoid the Faults of your Nation (Desmentir los achaques de su nation) | |
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x |
Fortune and Fame (Fortuna y Fama) | |
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xi |
Cultivate those who can teach you (Tratar con quien se pueda aprender) | |
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xii |
Nature and Art (Naturaleza y Arte) | |
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p. lvi | ||
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xiii |
Act sometimes on Second Thoughts, sometimes on First Impulse (Obrar de intencion, ya segunda y ya primera) | |
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xiv |
The Thing Itself and the Way it is done (La realidad ye el modo) | |
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xv |
Keep Ministering Spirits (Tener ingenios auxiliares) | |
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xvi |
Knowledge and Good Intentions (Saber con recta intention) | |
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xvii |
Vary the Mode of Action (Variar de tenor en el obrar) | |
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xviii |
Application and Ability (Aplicacion y Minerva) | |
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xix |
Arouse no Exaggerated Expectations on entering (No entrar con sobrada expectation) | |
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xx |
A Man of the Age (Hombre en su siglo) | |
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xxi |
The Art of being Lucky (Arte para ser dichoso) | |
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xxii |
A Man of Knowledge to the Point (Hombre de plausibles noticias) | |
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xxiii |
Be Spotless (No tener algun desdoro) | |
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xxiv |
Keep the Imagination under Control (Templar la imaginacion) | |
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xxv |
Know how to take a Hint (Buen entendedor) | |
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xxvi |
Find out each Man's Thumbscrew (Hallarle su torcedor á cada uno) | |
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xxvii |
Prize Intensity more than Extent (Pagarse mas de Intenciones que de Extenciones) | |
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xxviii |
Common in Nothing (En nada vulgar) | |
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xxix |
A Man of Rectitude (Hombre de entereza) | |
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xxx |
Have naught to do with Occupations of Ill-repute (No hazer profesion de empleos desautorizados) | |
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p. lvii | ||
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xxxi |
Select the Lucky and avoid the Unlucky (Conocer los afortunados para la election y los desdichados para la fuga) | |
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xxxii |
Have the Reputation of being Gracious (Estar en opinion de dár gusto) | |
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xxxiii |
Know how to Withdraw (Saber abstraer) | |
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xxxiv |
Know your strongest Point (Conocer su realce Rey) | |
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xxxv |
Think over Things, most over the most Important (Hazer concepto y mas de lo que importa mas) | |
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xxxvi |
In Acting or Refraining, weigh your Luck (Tener tanteada su Fortuna, para el proceder, para desempeñarse) | |
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xxxvii |
Keep a Store of Sarcasms, and know how to use them (Conocer y saber usar de las varrillas) | |
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xxxviii |
Leave your Luck while Winning (Saberse dexar ganando con la fortuna) | |
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xxxix |
Recognise when Things are ripe, and then enjoy them (Conocer las cosas en su punto, en su sazon y saberlas lograr) | |
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xl |
The Goodwill of People (Gracia de las gentes) | |
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xli |
Never Exaggerate (Nunca exagerar) | |
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xlii |
Born to command (Del natural Imperio) | |
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xliii |
Think with the Few and speak with the Many (Sentir con los menos y hablar con los mas) | |
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xliv |
Sympathy with great Minds (Simpatía con los grandes varones) | |
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xiv |
Use, but do not abuse, Cunning (Usar, no abusar de las reflexas) | |
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p. lviii | ||
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xlvi |
Master your Antipathies (Corregir su antipatia) | |
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xlvii |
Avoid "Affairs of Honour" (Huir los empeño) | |
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xlviii |
Be Thorough (Hombre con fondos) | |
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xlix |
Observation and judgment (Hombre juyzioso y notante) | |
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l |
Never lose Self-respect (Nunca perderse el respeto á sí mismo) | |
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li |
Know how to Choose well (Hombre de buena election) | |
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lii |
Never be put out (Nunca descomponerse) | |
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liii |
Diligent and Intelligent (Diligente y inteligente) | |
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liv |
Know how to show your Teeth (Tener brios á lo cuerdo) | |
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lv |
Wait (Hombre de espera) | |
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lvi |
Have Presence of Mind (Tener buenos repentes) | |
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lvii |
Slow and Sure (Mas seguros son los pensados) | |
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lviii |
Adapt Yourself to your Company (Saberse atemperar) | |
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lix |
Finish off well (Hombre de buen dexo) | |
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lx |
A Sound judgment (Buenos dictamenes) | |
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lxi |
To Excel in what is Excellent (Eminencia en lo mejor) | |
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lxii |
Use good Instruments (Obrar con buenos instrumentos) | |
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lxiii |
To be the First of the Kind is an Excellence (Excelencia de primero) | |
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lxiv |
Avoid Worry (Saberse escusar pesares) | |
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lxv |
Elevated Taste (Gusto relevante) | |
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lxvi |
See that Things end well (Atencion que salgan bien las cosas) | |
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p. lix | ||
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lxvii |
Prefer Callings en Evidence (Preferir los empleos plausibles) | |
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lxviii |
It is better to help with Intelligence than with Memory (Dar entendimiento es de mas primor que el dár memoria) | |
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lxix |
Do not give way to every common Impulse (No rendirse á un vulgar humor) | |
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lxx |
Know how to Refuse (Saber negar) | |
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lxxi |
Do not Vacillate (No ser desigual) | |
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lxxii |
Be Resolute (Hombre de resolution) | |
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lxxiii |
Utilise Slips (Saber usar del desliz) | |
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lxxiv |
Do not be Unsociable (No ser intratable) | |
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lxxv |
Choose an Heroic Ideal (Elegir idea heroyca) | |
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lxxvi |
Do not always be jesting (No estár siempre de burlas) | |
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lxxvii |
Be all Things to all Men (Saber hazerse á todos) | |
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lxxviii |
The Art of undertaking Things (Arte en el intentar) | |
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lxxix |
A Genial Disposition (Genio genial) | |
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lxxx |
Take care to get Information (Atencion al informarse) | |
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lxxxi |
Renew your Brilliance (Usar el renovar su lucimiento) | |
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lxxxii |
Drain Nothing to the Dregs, neither Good nor Ill (Nunca apurar, ni el mal, ni el bien) | |
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lxxxiii |
Allow Yourself some venial Fault (Permitese algun venial desliz) | |
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lxxxiv |
Make use of your Enemies (Saber usar de los enemigos) | |
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lxxxv |
Do not play Manille (No ser malilla) | |
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lxxxvi |
Prevent Scandal (Prevenir las malas vozes) | |
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p. lx | ||
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lxxxvii |
Culture and Elegance (Cultura y aliño) | |
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lxxxviii |
Let your Behaviour be Fine and Noble (Sea el trato por mayor procurando la sublimida en él) | |
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lxxxix |
Know Yourself (Comprehension de sí) | |
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xc |
The Secret of Long Life (Arte para vivir mucho) | |
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xci |
Never set to work at Anything if you have any Doubts of its Prudence (Obrar siempre sin escrupolos de imprudencia) | |
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xcii |
Transcendant Wisdom (Seso transcendental) | |
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xciii |
Versatility (Hombre universal) | |
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xciv |
Keep the extent of your Abilities unknown (Incomprehensibilidad de caudal) | |
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xcv |
Keep Expectation alive (Saber entretenir la expectation) | |
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xcvi |
The highest Discretion (De la gran sinderesis) | |
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xcvii |
Obtain and preserve a Reputation (Conseguir y conservar la reputation) | |
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xcviii |
Write your Intentions in Cypher (Cifrar la voluntad) | |
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xcix |
Reality and Appearance (Realidad y aparencia) | |
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c |
A Man without Illusions, a wise Christian, a philosophic Courtier (Varon desengañado, Christiana sabio, Cortesano filosofo) | |
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ci |
One half of the World laughs at the other, and Fools are they all (La mitad del mundo se está riendo á la otra mitad, con necedad de todos) | |
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cii |
Be able to stomach big slices of Luck (Estomago para grander bocados de la fortuna) | |
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p. lxi | ||
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ciii |
Let each keep up his Dignity (Cada uno la magestad en su modo) | |
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civ |
Try your hand at Office (Tener tomado el pulso á los empleos) | |
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cv |
Don't be a Bore (No cansar) | |
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cvi |
Do not parade your Position (No afectar la fortuna) | |
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cvii |
Show no Self-satisfaction (No mostrar satisfaccion de sí) | |
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cviii |
The Path to Greatness is along with Others (Atajo para ser persona, saber ladear) | |
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cix |
Be not Censorious (No ser acriminador) | |
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cx |
Do not wait till you are a Sinking Sun (No aguardar á ser sol que se pone) | |
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cxi |
Have Friends (Tener amigos) | |
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cxii |
Gain Good-will (Ganar la pia aficcion) | |
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cxiii |
In Prosperity prepare for Adversity (Prevenirse en la fortuna prospera para la adversa) | |
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cxiv |
Never Compete (Nunca competir) | |
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cxv |
Get used to the Failings of your Familiars (Hazerse á las malas condiciones de los familiares) | |
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cxvi |
Only act with Honourable Men (Tratar siempre con gente de obligaciones) | |
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cxvii |
Never talk of Yourself (Nunca hablar de sí) | |
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cxviii |
Acquire the Reputation of Courtesy (Cobrar fama de cortés) | |
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cxix |
Avoid becoming Disliked (No hazerse de mal querer) | |
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cxx |
Live Practically (Vivir á lo platico) | |
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p. lxii | ||
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cxxi |
Do not make a Business of what is no Business (No hazar negocio del no negocio) | |
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cxxii |
Distinction in Speech and Action (Señorio en el dezir y en el hazar) | |
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cxxiii |
Avoid Affectation (Hombre desafectado) | |
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cxxiv |
Get Yourself missed (Llegar á ser deseados) | |
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cxxv |
Do not be a Black List (No ser libro verde) | |
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cxxvi |
Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in not hiding it when committed (No es necio el que haze la necedad, sino el que hecha no la sabe encubrir) | |
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cxxvii |
Grace in Everything (El despojo en todo) | |
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cxxviii |
Highmindedness (Alteza de animo) | |
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cxxix |
Never Complain (Nunca quexarse) | |
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cxxx |
Do and be seen Doing (Hazer y hazer parecer) | |
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cxxxi |
Nobility of Feeling (Galantería de condition) | |
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cxxxii |
Revise your Judgments (Usar del reconsejo) | |
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cxxxiii |
Better Mad with the rest of the World than Wise alone (Antes loco con todos que cuerdo á solas) | |
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cxxxiv |
Double your Resources (Doblar los requisitos de la vida) | |
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cxxxv |
Do not nourish the Spirit of Contradiction (No tenga espiritu de contradicion) | |
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cxxxvi |
Post Yourself in the Centre of Things (Ponerse bien en las materias) | |
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cxxxvii |
The Sage should be Self-sufficing (Bastase á sí mismo el sabio) | |
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cxxxviii |
The Art of letting Things alone (Arte de dexar estár) | |
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p. lxiii | ||
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cxxxix |
Recognise unlucky Days (Conocer el dia aziago) | |
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cxl |
Find the Good in a Thing at once (Hallar luego con lo buena en cada cosa) | |
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cxli |
Do not listen to Yourself (No escucharse) | |
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cxlii |
Never from Obstinacy take the Wrong Side because your Opponent has anticipated you in taking the Right One (Nunca por tema seguir el peor partido porque el contrario se adelantó y escogeó el mejor) | |
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cxliii |
Never become Paradoxical in order to avoid the Trite (No dár en paradoxo por huir de vulgar) | |
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cxliv |
Begin with Another's to end with your Own (Entrar con la agena para salir con la suya) | |
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cxlv |
Do not show your wounded Finger (No descubrir el dedo malo) | |
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cxlvi |
Look into the Interior of Things (Mirar por dentro) | |
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cxlvii |
Do not be Inaccessible (No ser inaccessible) | |
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cxlviii |
Have the Art of Conversation (Tener el arte de conversar) | |
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cxlix |
Know how to put off Ills on Others (Saber declinar á otro los males) | |
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cl |
Know how to get your Price for Things (Saber vender sus cosas) | |
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cli |
Think beforehand (Pensar anticipado) | |
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clii |
Never have a Companion who casts you in the Shade (Nunca acompañarse con quien que pueda deslucir) | |
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p. lxiv | ||
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cliii |
Beware of entering where there is a great Gap to be filled (Huya de entrar á llenar grandes vacios) | |
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cliv |
Do not Believe, or Like, lightly (No ser facil en creer ni en querer) | |
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clv |
The Art of getting into a Passion (Arte en el apassionarse) | |
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clvi |
Select your friends (Amigos de eleccion) | |
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clvii |
Do not make Mistakes about Character (No engañarse en las personas) | |
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clviii |
Make use of your Friends (Saber usar de los amigos) | |
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clix |
Put up with Fools (Saber sufrir necios) | |
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clx |
Be careful in Speaking (Hablar de atento) | |
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clxi |
Know your pet Faults (Conocer los defectos dulces) | |
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clxii |
How to triumph over Rivals and Detractors (Saber triunfar de la emulation y malevolencia) | |
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clxiii |
Never, from Sympathy with the unfortunate, involve Yourself in his Fate (Nunca por la compassion del infeliz se ha de incurrir en la desgracia del afortunado) | |
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clxiv |
Throw Straws in the Air (Echar al ayre algunas cosas) | |
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clxv |
Wage War Honourably (Hazer buena guerra) | |
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clxvi |
Distinguish the Man of Words from the Man of Deeds (Diferenciar el hombre de palabras del de obras) | |
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clxvii |
Know how to take your own Part (Saber se ayudar) | |
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p. lxv | ||
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clxviii |
Do not indulge in the Eccentricities of Folly (No dár en monstruo de la necedad) | |
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clxix |
Be more careful not to Miss once than to Hit a hundred times (Atencion á no errar una mas que á acertar ciento) | |
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clxx |
In all Things keep Something in Reserve (Usar del retén en todas las cosas) | |
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clxxi |
Waste not Influence (No gastar el favor) | |
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clxxii |
Never contend with a Man who has nothing to Lose (No empeñarse con quien no tiene que perder) | |
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clxxiii |
Do not be Glass in Intercourse, still less in Friendship (No ser de vitrio en el trato y menos en la amistad) | |
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clxxiv |
Do not live in a Hurry (No vivir apriesa) | |
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clxxv |
A Solid Man (Hombre substancial) | |
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clxxvi |
Have Knowledge, or know those that have Knowledge (Saber o escuchar á quien sabe) | |
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clxxvii |
Avoid Familiarities in Intercourse (Escusar llanezas en el trato) | |
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clxxviii |
Trust your Heart (Creer al coraçon) | |
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clxxix |
Reticence is the Seal of Capacity (La retentiva es el sello de la capacidad) | |
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clxxx |
Never guide the Enemy to what he has to do (Nunca regirse por lo que el enemigo avia de hazer) | |
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clxxxi |
The Truth, but not the whole Truth (Sin mentir, no dezir todas las verdades) | |
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clxxxii |
A Grain of Boldness in Everything (Un grano de audacia con todo) | |
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p. lxvi | ||
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clxxxiii |
Do not hold your Views too firmly (No aprender fuertemente) | |
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clxxxiv |
Do not be Ceremonious (No ser ceremonial) | |
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clxxxv |
Never stake your Credit on a single Cast (Nunca exponer el credito á la prueba de sola una vez) | |
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clxxxvi |
Recognise Faults, however high placed (Conocer los defectos por mas autorizados que ester) | |
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clxxxvii |
Do pleasant Things Yourself, unpleasant things through Others (Todo lo favorable, obrarlo por sí, todo lo odioso, por terceros) | |
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clxxxviii |
Be the Bearer of Praise (Traer que alabar) | |
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clxxxix |
Utilise Another's Wants (Valerse de la privacion agena) | |
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cxc |
Find Consolation in all Things (Hallar el consuelo en todo) | |
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cxci |
Do not take Payment in Politeness (No pagarse de la mucha cortesia) | |
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cxcii |
Peaceful Life, a long Life (Hombre de gran paz hombre de mucha vida) | |
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cxciii |
Watch him that begins with Another's to end with his Own (Atencion al que entra con agena por salir á la suya) | |
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cxciv |
Have reasonable Views of Yourself and of your Affairs (Concebir de sí y de sus cosas cuerdamente) | |
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cxcv |
Know how to Appreciate (Saber estimar) | |
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cxcvi |
Know your ruling Star (Conocer su estrella) | |
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cxcvii |
Do not carry Fools on your Back (Nunca embaraçarse con los necios) | |
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p. lxvii | ||
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cxcvii |
Know how to transplant Yourself (Saberse transplantar) | |
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cxcix |
To find a proper Place by Merit, not by Presumption (Saberse hazer lugar á lo cuerdo, no á lo entremetido) | |
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cc |
Leave Something to wish for (Tener que desear) | |
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cci |
They are all Fools who seem so besides half the rest (Son tontos todos los que lo parecen y la mitad de los que no le parecen) | |
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ccii |
Words and Deeds make the Perfect Man (Dichos y hechos hazen un varon consumado) | |
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cciii |
Know the great Men of your Age (Conocer las eminencias de su siglo) | |
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cciv |
Attempt easy Tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy (Lo facil se ha de emprender como dificultoso y lo dificultoso como facil) | |
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ccv |
Know how to play the Card of Contempt (Saber jugar del desprechio) | |
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ccvi |
Know that there are vulgar Natures everywhere (Sepase que ay vulgo en todas partes) | |
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ccvii |
Be Moderate (Usar del reporte) | |
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ccviii |
Do not die of the Fools' Disease (No morir de achaque de necio) | |
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ccix |
Keep Yourself free from common Follies (Librarse de las comunes necedades) | |
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ccx |
Know how to play the Card of Truth (Saber jugar de la verdad) | |
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ccxi |
In Heaven all is bliss (En el cielo todo es contento) | |
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p. lxviii | ||
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ccxii |
Keep to Yourself the final Touches of your Art (Reservarse siempre las ultimas tretas del arte) | |
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ccxiii |
Know how to Contradict (Saber contradecir) | |
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ccxiv |
Do not turn one Blunder into two (No hazer de una necedad dos) | |
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ccxv |
Watch him that acts on Second Thoughts (Atencion al que llega de segunda intencion) | |
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ccxvi |
Be Expressive (Tener la declarativa) | |
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ccxvii |
Neither Love nor Hate for ever (No se ha de querer ni aborrecer para siempre) | |
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ccxviii |
Never act from Obstinacy but from Knowledge (Nunca obrar por tema sino por intencion) | |
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ccxix |
Do not pass for a Hypocrite (No ser tenido por hombre de artificio) | |
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ccxx |
If you cannot clothe yourself in Lionskin use Foxpelt (Quando no puede uno vestirse la piel del Leon, vestase la de la Vulpeja) | |
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ccxxi |
Do not seize Occasions to embarrass Yourself or Others (No ser ocasionado ni para empeñarse, ni para empeñar) | |
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ccxxii |
Reserve is proof of Prudence (Hombre detenido evidencia de prudente) | |
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ccxxiii |
Be not Eccentric (No ser muy individuado) | |
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ccxxiv |
Never take Things against the Grain (Saber tomar las cosas nunca al repelo) | |
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ccxxv |
Know your chief Fault (Conocer su defecto Rey) | |
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ccxxvi |
Take care to be Obliging (Atencion á obligar) | |
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ccxxvii |
Do not be the Slave of First Impressions (No ser de primera Impression) | |
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p. lxix | ||
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ccxxviii |
Do not be a Scandalmonger (No tener voz de mala voz) | |
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ccxxix |
Plan out your Life wisely (Saber repartir su vida á lo discreto) | |
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ccxxx |
Open your Eyes betimes (Abrir los ojos con tiempo) | |
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ccxxxi |
Never let Things be seen half-finished (Nunca permitir á medio hazer las cosas) | |
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ccxxxii |
Have a Touch of the Trader (Tener un punto de negociante) | |
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ccxxxiii |
Let not the proffered Morsel be distasteful (No errarle el golpe al gusto) | |
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ccxxxiv |
Never trust your Honour to another, unless you have his in Pledge (Nunca fiar reputacion sin prendas de honra agena) | |
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ccxxxv |
Know how to Ask (Saber pedir) | |
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ccxxxvi |
Make an Obligation beforehand of what would have to be a Reward afterwards (Hazer obligation antes de lo que havia de ser premio despues) | |
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ccxxxvii |
Never share the Secrets of your Superiors (Nunca partir secretos con mayores) | |
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ccxxxviii |
Know what is wanting in Yourself (Conocer la pieza que falta) | |
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ccxxxix |
Do not be Captious (No ser reagudo) | |
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ccxl |
Make use of Folly (Saber usar de la necedad) | |
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ccxli |
Put up with Raillery, but do not practise it (Las burlas sufrirlas, pero no usarlas) | |
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ccxlii |
Push Advantages (Seguir los alcançes) | |
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p. lxx | ||
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ccxliii |
Do not be too much of a Dove (No ser todo colombino) | |
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ccxliv |
Create a feeling of Obligation (Saber obligar) | |
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ccxlv |
Original and out-of-the-way Views (Discurrir tal vez á lo singular y fuera de lo comun) | |
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ccxlvi |
Never offer Satisfaction unless it is demanded (Nunca dár satisfacion á quien no la pedia) | |
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ccxlvii |
Know a little more, Live a little less (Saber un poco mas, y vivir un poco menos) | |
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ccxlviii |
Do not go with the last Speaker (No se le lleve el ultimo) | |
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Never begin Life with what should end it (No començar á vivir por donde se ha de acabar) | ||
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ccl |
When to change the Conversation (Quando se ha de discurrir a reves) | |
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ccli |
Use human Means as if there were no divine ones, and divine as if there were no human ones (Hanse de procurar los medios humanos como sino huviesse Divinos, y los Divinos como sino huviesse humanos) | |
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cclii |
Neither belong entirely to Yourself nor entirely to Others (Ni todo suyo ni todo ageno) | |
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ccliii |
Do not Explain overmuch (No allanarse sobrado en el concepto) | |
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ccliv |
Never despise an Evil, however small (No despreciar el mal por poco) | |
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p. lxxi | ||
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cclv |
Do Good a little at a time, but often (Saber hazer el bien poco y muchas vezes) | |
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cclvi |
Go armed against Discourtesy (Ir siempre prevenido contra los discorteses) | |
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cclvii |
Never let Matters come to a Rupture (Nunca llegar á rompimiento) | |
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cclviii |
Find out some one to share your Troubles (Buscar quien le ayude a llevar las infelicidades) | |
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cclix |
Anticipate Injuries and turn them into Favours (Prevenir las injurias y hazar dellas favores) | |
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cclx |
We belong to none and none to us entirely (Ni será ni tendrá á ninguno todo por suyo) | |
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cclxi |
Do not follow up a Folly (No proseguir la necedad) | |
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cclxii |
Be able to Forget (Saber olvidar) | |
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cclxiii |
Many Things of Taste one should not possess oneself (Muchas cosas de gusto no se han de poseer en propricdad) | |
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cclxiv |
Have no careless Days (No tenga dias de descuydo) | |
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cclxv |
Set those under you difficult Tasks (Saber empeñar los dependientes) | |
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cclxvi |
Do not become Bad from sheer Goodness (No ser malo de puro bueno) | |
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cclxvii |
Silken Words, Sugared Manners (Palabras de seda con suavidad de condition) | |
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cclxviii |
The Wise does at once what the Fool does at last (Haga al principio el cuerdo lo que el necio al fin) | |
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p. lxxii | ||
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cclxix |
Make use of the Novelty of your Position (Valgase de su novedad) | |
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cclxx |
Do not condemn alone that which pleases all (No condenar solo lo que á muchos agrada) | |
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cclxxi |
In every Occupation if you know little stick to the safest (El que supiere poco tengase siempre á lo mas seguro en toda profession) | |
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cclxxii |
Sell The Things the Tariff of Courtesy (Vender las cosas á precio de cortesia) | |
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cclxxiii |
Comprehend their Dispositions with whom you deal (Comprehension de los genios con quien trata) | |
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cclxxiv |
Be Attractive (Tener la atractiva) | |
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cclxxv |
Join in the Game as far as Decency permits (Corriente pero no indecente) | |
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cclxxvi |
Know how to renew your Character (Saber renovar el genio) | |
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cclxxvii |
Display Yourself (Hombre de ostentacion) | |
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cclxxviii |
Avoid Notoriety in all Things (Huir la nota en toda) | |
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cclxxix |
Do not contradict the Contradicter (No dezir al contradezir) | |
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cclxxx |
Be Trustworthy (Hombre de ley) | |
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cclxxxi |
Find Favour with Men of Sense (Gracia con los entendidos) | |
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cclxxxii |
Make use of Absence to make more esteemed or yourself valued (Usar de la ausencia á para el respecta, ó para la estimation) | |
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p. lxxiii | ||
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cclxxxiii |
Have the Gift of Discovery (Hombre de Inventiva) | |
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cclxxxiv |
Do not be Importunate (No ser entremedido) | |
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cclxxxv |
Never die of another's Ill-luck (No perecer de desdicha agena) | |
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cclxxxvi |
Do not become responsible for all or for every one (No dexarse obligar del todo ni de todos) | |
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cclxxxvii |
Never act in a Passion (Nunca obrar apassionado) | |
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cclxxxviii |
Live for the Moment (Vivir á la ocasion) | |
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cclxxxix |
Nothing depreciates a Man more than to show he is a Man like other Men (El mayor desdoro de un hombre es dár muestras de que es hombre) | |
|
ccxc |
’Tis a piece of Good Fortune to combine Men's Love and Respect (Es felicidad juntar el aprecio con el afecta) | |
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ccxci |
Know how to Test (Saber hazer la tentativa) | |
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ccxcii |
Let your personal Qualities surpass those of your Office (Vença el natural las obligaciones del empleo) | |
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ccxciii |
Maturity (De la madurez) | |
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ccxciv |
Be moderate in your Views (Moderarse en el sentir) | |
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ccxcv |
Do not Affect what you have not effected (No hazañero sino hazañoso) | |
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ccxcvi |
Noble Qualities (Varon de prendas y magestuosas) | |
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ccxcvii |
Act always as if your Acts were seen (Obrar siempre como á vista) | |
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p. lxxiv | ||
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ccxcviii |
Three Things go to a Prodigy (Tres cosas hazer un prodigio) | |
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ccxcix |
Leave off Hungry (Dexar con hambre) | |
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ccc |
In one word, be a Saint (En una palabra santo) |
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