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(1702 English translation of Baltasar Gracian's (1601-1658) The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Mr Savage)

(Joseph Jacobs and L.B. Walton state that the 1702 translation was simply a revision of the earlier Anonymous (1685) translation; which was translated from the French version of Amelot de la Houssaie. Seeing some images of a 1692 printing of the 1685 Anonymous edition, the 1702 version does indeed look like a minor revision on the earlier version)

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The Art of Prudence: or, a Companion for a Man of Sense. Written originally in Spanish by that Celebrated Author Balthazar Gracian; now made English from the best Edition of the Original, and Illustrated with the Sieur Amelot de la Houssaie's Notes by Mr. Savage. London: Printed for Daniel Brown, without Temple Bar; J. Walthoe, in the Middle Temple Cloysters; and T. Benskin, at Lincolns-Inn Back-Gate, 1702. as an Adobe PDF file of the JPG images

[Title page]

Preface

Preface 1 | Preface 2 | Preface 3 | Preface 4 | Preface 5 | Preface 6 | Preface 7 | Preface 8 | Preface 9 | Preface 10 | Preface 11 | Preface 12

Table of Contents

Maxims

Page 1 - Maxim 1
- I/1: Everything is now at the Point of its Perfection, and an able Man at the highest Pitch thereof.
Page 2 - Maxim 2 to 3
- II/2: Wit, and a Genius
- III/3: Not to be too free, nor open.
Page 3 - Maxim 3 to 4
- IV/4: Knowledge, and Valour, club to the making of a great Man.
Page 4 - Maxim 4 to 5
- V/5: To be always Useful
Page 5 - Maxim 5 to 6
- VI/6: Man at the height of Perfection
Page 6 - Maxim 6 to 7
- VII/7: To have a care not to out-do ones Master.
Page 7 - Maxim 7 to 8
- VII/8: A Man never found in a Passion
Page 8 - Maxim 8 to 9
- IX/9: To conceal the Defects in one's Nation.
Page 9 - Maxim 9 to 10
- X/10: Fortune and Renown
Page 10 - Maxim 10 to 12
- XI/11: To Converse with those of whom one may Learn.
- XII/12: Nature and ARt: Matter, and the Artist
Page 11 - Maxim 12 to 13
- XIII/13: To proceed sometimes cunningly, sometimes candidly.
Page 12 - Maxim 13 to 14
- XIV/14: The Thing, and the manner of its accomplishing.
Page 13 - Maxim 14
Page 14 - Maxim 14
Page 15 - Maxim 14
Page 16 - Maxim 15
- XV/15: To make use of Auxiliary-wits
Page 17 - Maxim 16 to 17
- XVI/16: Knowledge, and a right Intention
- XVII/17: Not to follow always one, and the same Conduct.
Page 18 - Maxim 18 to 19
- XVII/18: Application and Genius.
- XIX/19: Not to be too much cry'd up by the Noise of Fame
Page 19 - Maxim 19
Page 20 - Maxim 20
- XX/20: Every Man in his Time.
Page 21 - Maxim 21 to 22
- XXI/21: The Art of being Happy
- XXII/22: The accomplish'd Man.
Page 22 - Maxim 22
Page 23 - Maxim 22 to 23
- XXIII/23: To have no Blemish.
Page 24 - Maxim 23 to 25
- XXIV/24: To moderate ones Imagination.
- XXV/25: A good Understanding.
Page 25 - Maxim 25 to 26
- XXVI/26: To find out a Mans Foible, or weak side.
Page 26 - Maxim 27 to 28
- XXVII/27: To prefer Intention before Extension.
- XXVIII/28: To have nothing that's vulgar in One.
Page 27 - Maxim 28 to 29
- XXIX/29: The upright Man.
Page 28 - Maxim 30 to 31
- XXX/30: Not to affect extraordinary, not chimerical Employments.
- XXXI/31: To know happy People, that one may make use of them; and the unhappy, that one may avoid them.
Page 29 - Maxim 31 to 33
- XXXII/32: To have the Reputation of contenting every body.
- XXXIII/33: To know how to deny one's Self.
Page 30 - Maxim 33 to 34
- XXXIV/34: To know one's own Strength.
Page 31 - Maxim 34 to 35
- XXXV/35: To with things according to their just Value.
Page 32 - Maxim 35 to 36
- XXXVI/36: Not to engage in any Enterprise before one hath examined well ones Fortune and Ability.
Page 33 - Maxim 36 to 37
- XXXVII/37: To guess at the meaning of little Hints given us by the bye, and to know how to make the best Use of them.
Page 34 - Maxim 37 to 38
- XXXVIII/38: To be moderate in good Fortune
Page 35 - Maxim 39 to 39
- XXXIX/39: To know the Nature and Season of Things, and to be able to make a right use of them.
Page 36 - Maxim 40
- XL/40: To gain the Love of All
Page 37 - Maxim 40 to 41
- XLI/41: Never to Exaggerate
Page 38 - Maxim 41 to 42
- XLII/42: Of the Ascendant.
Page 39 - Maxim 42
Page 40 - Maxim 42
Page 41 - Maxim 42
Page 42 - Maxim 42 to 43
- XLIII/43: To Speak with the Vulgar, but to Think with the Wise.
Page 43 - Maxim 43 to 44
- XLIV/44: To Sympathize with great Men.
Page 44 - Maxim 44 to 45
- XLV/45: To use Reflection without abusing it.
Page 45 - Maxim 45
Page 46 - Maxim 46 to 47
- XLVI/46: To Correct one's Antipathy.
- XLVII/47: To shun Engagements.
Page 47 - Maxim 47 to 49
- XLVIII/48: The Man that has a Stock of good Qualities.
- XLIX/49: The Judicious and penetrating Person
Page 48 - Maxim 49
Page 49 - Maxim 49 to 50
- L/50: Never to lose the Respect which is due to Us.
Page 50 - Maxim 50
Page 51 - Maxim 51 to 52
- LI/51: The Man that can make a good Choice
- LII/52: Never to be disorder'd with Passion
Page 52 - Maxim 52
Page 53 - Maxim 52 to 53
- LIII/53: To be both Diligent and Intelligent
Page 54 - Maxim 53 to 54
- LIV/54: To be a Man of Metal.
Page 55 - Maxim 54 to 55
- LV/55: The Man that can wait with Patience
Page 56 - Maxim 55
Page 57 - Maxim 55 to 56
- LVI/56: To find out good Experdients
Page 58 - Maxim 56
Page 59 - Maxim 56
Page 60 - Maxim 56 to 57
- LVII/57: The surest Men, are Men of Reflection
Page 61 - Maxim 57
Page 62 - Maxim 58 to 59
- LVIII/58: To Shape one's self according to one's Company.
- LIX/59: The Man that makes himself to be Desired and Regarded.
Page 63 - Maxim 59
Page 64 - Maxim 59 to 60
- LX/60: Good Sense.
Page 65 - Maxim 60 to 61
- LXI/61: To Excel in what is Excellent.
Page 66 - Maxim 61 to 62
- LXII/62: To make use of good Instruments
Page 67 - Maxim 62 to 63
- LXIII/63: The Excellence of Priority.
Page 68 - Maxim 63 to 64
- LXIV/64: To Vex as little as may be.
Page 69 - Maxim 64 to 65
- LXV/65: The Quaint and Discerning Judgement
Page 70 - Maxim 65
Page 71 - Maxim 65 to 66
- LXVI/66: To take good Measures before one Engage in any thing.
Page 72 - Maxim 66 to 67
- LXVII/67: To preferr plausible Employments
Page 73 - Maxim 67
Page 74 - Maxim 67
Page 75 - Maxim 67 to 68
- LXVIII/68: To Inform, is far better than to put in Mind.
Page 76 - Maxim 69
- LXIX/69: Not to be the Humour of the Vulgar.
Page 77 - Maxim 69
Page 78 - Maxim 70 to 71
- LXX/70: To know how to Refute.
- LXXI/71: Not to be Unequal, and Irregular in one's Proceeding.
Page 79 - Maxim 71 to 72
- LXXII/72: The Man of Resolution.
Page 80 - Maxim 72 to 73
- LXXIII/73: To find out Evasions.
Page 81 - Maxim 73 to 74
- LXXIV/74: Not to be Inaccessible.
Page 82 - Maxim 74 to 75
- LXXV/75: To propose to one's self some Heroe, not so much to Imitate, as Surpass.
Page 83 - Maxim 76 to 77
- LXXVI/76: Not to always in a jocose Humour.
- LXXVII/77: To be Company for all Sorts of Men.
Page 84 - Maxim 77 to 78
- LXXVIII/78: The Art of Undertaking to Purpose.
Page 85 - Maxim 79 to 80
- LXXIX/79: The Jovial Humour.
- LXXX/80: To be careful to be Informed.
Page 86 - Maxim 80 to 81
- LXXXI/81: To revive one's Reputation from Time to Time.
Page 87 - Maxim 82 to 83
- LXXXII/82: Not to pry too much, either into Good or Bad.
- LXXXIII/83: To commit some small Faults out of Design.
Page 88 - Maxim 83 to 84
- LXXXIV/84: To know how to draw Advantage from Enemies.
Page 89 - Maxim 84 to 85
- LXXXV/85: Not to be Lavish of one's Self.
Page 90 - Maxim 85
Page 91 - Maxim 86 to 87
- LXXXVI/86: To Arm against Calumny.
- LXXXVII/87: To Cultivate and Embellish.
Page 92 - Maxim 87 to 88
- LXXXVIII/88: To study to have a genteel Carriage in Actions.
Page 93 - Maxim 88 to 90
- LXXXIX/89: Exactly to know one's Genius, Mind, Heart and Passions.
- XC/90: The way to Live long.
Page 94 - Maxim 90 to 91
- XCI/91: To Act without fear of Failing.
Page 95 - Maxim 91 to 93
- XCII/92: A transcendent Wit in all things.
- XCIII/93: The Universal Man.
Page 96 - Maxim 94
- XCIV/94: An inexhaustible Capacity.
Page 97 - Maxim 94 to 95
- XCV/95: To know how to Entertain another's Expectation.
Page 98 - Maxim 95 to 97
- XCVI/96: Conscience.
- XCVII/97: To Acquire and Preserve Reputation.
Page 99 - Maxim 97 to 98
- XCVIII/98: To Dissemble
Page 100 - Maxim 98
Page 101 - Maxim 99 to 100
- XCIX/99: Reality and Appearance.
- C/100: The Man undeceived. The Christian Sage. The Court-Philosopher.
Page 102 - Maxim 101 to 102
- CI/101: One part of the World laughs at the other, as both do in their common folly.
- CII/102: A Stomach fit to receive the great Largesses of Fortune.
Page 103 - Maxim 102 to 103
- CIII/103: Every one ought to observe the Grandeur that is proper for his Condition.
Page 104 - Maxim 103
Page 105 - Maxim 104
- CIV/104: To Examine the Nature of Businesses.
Page 106 - Maxim 104 to 106
- CV/105: Not to be Tiresome
- CVI/106: Not to be proud of one's Fortune.
Page 107 - Maxim 106
Page 108 - Maxim 106 to 107
- CVII/107: Never to appear pleased with one's Self.
Page 109 - Maxim 107 to 108
- CVIII/108: The shortest Way to become a great Man, is to know now to Chuse one's Company.
Page 110 - Maxim 108 to 109
- CIX/109: Not to be Repremanding.
Page 111 - Maxim 109 to 110
- CX/110: Not to wait till One be like the Setting Sun.
Page 112 - Maxim 111 to 112
- CXI/111: To make Friends.
- CXII/112: To Gain the Heart.
Page 113 - Maxim 112
Page 114 - Maxim 112 to 113
- CXIII/113: In Prosperity to prepare for Adversity.
Page 115 - Maxim 114
- CXIV/114: Never to stand in Competition with any One.
Page 116 - Maxim 114 to 116
- CXV/115: To square our Selves to the Humours of those with whom we are to live.
- CXVI/116: To deal always with Men who are careful of their Duty.
Page 117 - Maxim 116 to 117
- CXVII/117: Never to speak of one's Self.
Page 118 - Maxim 117 to 118
- CXVIII/118: To Affect the Name of being Obliging.
Page 119 - Maxim 118 to 119
- CXIX/119: Not to Affect being Churlish.
Page 120 - Maxim 119 to 120
- CXX/120: To comply with the Times.
Page 121 - Maxim 120
Page 122 - Maxim 120 to 121
- CXXI/121: Not to make much of Nothing.
Page 123 - Maxim 122
- CXXII/122: Authority in Words and Actions.
Page 124 - Maxim 122 to 123
- CXXIII/123: The Man without Affectation.
Page 125 - Maxim 123 to 124
- CXXIV/124: How to make one's Self Regretted.
Page 126 - Maxim 124 to 125
- CXXV/125: Not to be a Book of Accounts.
Page 127 - Maxim 125
Page 128 - Maxim 126 to 127
- CXXVI/126: To commit Folly does not make a Fool; so much as not to know how to hide it.
- CXXVII/127: The Secret Charm, or the Inexpressible Somewhat,; which the French call the Je-ne-sai-quoi; and the Spaniards El despejo.
Page 129 - Maxim 127
- CXXVIII/128: The High Courage.
Page 130 - Maxim 127
Page 131 - Maxim 127
Page 132 - Maxim 128
Page 133 - Maxim 128 to 129
- CXXIX/129: Never to Complain.
Page 134 - Maxim 129
Page 135 - Maxim 130 to 131
- CXXX/130: To Do, and make it Appear.
- CXXXI/131: The Procedure of a Gallant Man.
Page 136 - Maxim 131 to 132
- CXXXII/132: To Consider, and Bethink one's Self.
Page 137 - Maxim 132 to 133
- CXXXIII/133: Rather to be a Fool in Company than Wise alone.
Page 138 - Maxim 133 to 135
- CXXXIV/134: To have a double Portion of Things necessary to Life.
- CXXXV/135: Not to have the Spirit of Contradiction.
Page 139 - Maxim 135 to 136
- CXXXVI/136: To take Things aright, and presently to nick the Point.
Page 140 - Maxim 137 to 138
- CXXXVII/137: The Wise Man is sufficient for Himself.
- CXXXVIII/138: The Art to let Things go as they can, especially when the Sea is Tempestuous.
Page 141 - Maxim 138 to 139
- CXXXIX/139: To know Unlucky Days.
Page 142 - Maxim 139
Page 143 - Maxim 139 to 140
- CXL/140: To his at first upon the Best of every Thing.
Page 144 - Maxim 140 to 141
- CXLI/141: Not to Listen to one's Self.
Page 145 - Maxim 141 to 142
- CXLII/142: Never to Espouse a bad Party in spight to an Adversay, who hath chosen a Better.
Page 146 - Maxim 142 to 143
- CXLIII/143: To take Heed not to run into Paradoxes, by shunning the way of the Vulgar.
Page 147 - Maxim 144 to 145
- CXLIV/144: Under the Veil of another Man's Interest, to find one's Own.
- CXLV/145: Not to shew the Sore Place.
Page 148 - Maxim 145 to 146
- CXLVI/146: To look into the inside.
Page 149 - Maxim 146 to 147
- CXLVII/147: Not to be inaccessible.
Page 150 - Maxim 147 to 148
- CXLVIII/148: To have the Art of Conversing.
Page 151 - Maxim 148 to 149
- CXLIX/149: To be able to Cast the Blame and Misfortunes upon Others.
Page 152 - Maxim 149 to 150
- CL/150: To be able to put a Valued upon what One does.
Page 153 - Maxim 150 to 151
- CLI/151: To Think to Day what may happen to Morrow, or a long Time after.
Page 154 - Maxim 152
- CLII/152: Never to keep Company with Those that may eclipse one's Lustre.
Page 155 - Maxim 152 to 153
- CLIII/153: To shun being Oblig'd, to fill the Place of a Great Man.
Page 156 - Maxim 153
Page 157 - Maxim 153 to 154
- CLIV/154: Not to be Easie, either to Believe, or to Love.
Page 158 - Maxim 154 to 155
- CLV/155: The Art of restraining Passions.
Page 159 - Maxim 156
- CLVI/156: Friends by Choice.
Page 160 - Maxim 156 to 157
- CLVII/157: Not to be Mistaken in People.
Page 161 - Maxim 158
- CLVIII/158: To know how to use Friends.
Page 162 - Maxim 158 to 160
- CLIX/159: To know how to bear with Fools.
- CLX/160: To Speak sparingly to our Competitors for Caution-sake, and to others out of Civility.
Page 163 - Maxim 160 to 162
- CLXI/161: To know the Failings wherein we take Pleasure.
- CLXII/162: To be able to triumph ove Jealousie and Envy.
Page 164 - Maxim 162 to 163
- CLXIII/163: One must never lose the Favour of him that is Happy, to take Compassion on a Wretch.
Page 165 - Maxim 163
Page 166 - Maxim 164
- CLXIV/164: To let fly some Shot in the air.
Page 167 - Maxim 165
- CLXV/165: To wage War fairly.
Page 168 - Maxim 165 to 166
- CLXVI/166: To Distinguish betwixt the Man of Words, and the Man of Deeds.
Page 169 - Maxim 166 to 167
- CLXVII/167: To be able to help one's Self.
Page 170 - Maxim 167 to 169
- CLXVIII/168: Not to be Monstrous.
- CLXIX/169: To take more Care not to Miss once, than to Hit as hundred times.
Page 171 - Maxim 169 to 170
- CLXX/170: To be sparing in all Things.
Page 172 - Maxim 171
- CLXXI/171: Not to abuse Favour.
Page 173 - Maxim 171 to 172
- CLXXII/172: Never to Engage with him, that hath Nothing to Lose.
Page 174 - Maxim 172 to 173
- CLXXIII/173: Not to be Glass in Conversation, and much less in Friendship.
Page 175 - Maxim 173 to 174
- CLXXIV/174: Not to Live too fast.
Page 176 - Maxim 175
- CLXXV/175: The Substantial Man.
Page 177 - Maxim 176
- CLXXVI/176: To Know of one's Self, or to hearken to those who do.
Page 178 - Maxim 177
- CLXXVII/177: To avoid too much Familiarity in Conversation.
Page 179 - Maxim 177 to 179
- CLXXVIII/178: To give Credit to the Heart, especially where it is a Presaging One.
- CLXXIX/179: To be Reserved in Speaking, is the Seal of the Capacity.
Page 180 - Maxim 179 to 180
- CLXXX/180: Not to take the Design of an Enemy for the Rule of one's Measures.
Page 181 - Maxim 180 to 182
- CLXXXI/181: Not to Lie, and yet not to speak all the Truth.
- CLXXXII/182: A Grain of Assurance is worth a Pound of Skill.
Page 182 - Maxim 182 to 183
- CLXXXIII/183: Not to be Head-strong.
Page 183 - Maxim 183 to 184
- CLXXXIV/184: Not to be over-Ceremonious.
Page 184 - Maxim 184 to 185
- CLXXXV/185: Never to expose one's Credit to the Risque of one single Interview.
Page 185 - Maxim 185 to 186
- CLXXXVI/186: To discern Faults, tho' they be become in Fashion.
Page 186 - Maxim 186 to 187
- CLXXXVII/187: To Act all that is agreeable by one's Self, and all that's Odious by others.
Page 187 - Maxim 187 to 188
- CLXXXVIII/188: To bring always something into Company worthy to be praised.
Page 188 - Maxim 188 to 189
- CLXXXIX/189: To take Advantage of another Man's Wants.
Page 189 - Maxim 189 to 191
- CXC/190: To be Satisfied in all Conditions.
- CXCI/191: Not to be Gull'd with Excessive Courtesy.
Page 190 - Maxim 191 to 193
- CXCII/192: The Peaceable Man is always the Long-liv'd.
- CXCIII/193: Watch strictly over him that Engages in your interests, for no other end, than to come off with his Own.
Page 191 - Maxim 193 to 194
- CXCIV/194: To have a Modest Opinion of one's Self, and Affairs, especially where one does but begin the World.
Page 192 - Maxim 194 to 196
- CXCV/195: To be able to Judge.
- CXCVI/196: To know one's Planet.
Page 193 - Maxim 196 to 197
- CXCVII/197: Never to suffer one's Self to be Plagu'd with Fools.
Page 194 - Maxim 197 to 198
- CXCVIII/198: To know how to Transplant one's Self.
Page 195 - Maxim 198 to 199
- CXCIX/199: To be a Wise Man, and not an Intriguing One.
Page 196 - Maxim 200 to 201
- CC/200: To have still Somewhat to Desire, that one may not be unhappy in one's Happiness.
- CCI/201: All who appear Fools, are certainly so, and even one half of those who do not appear such.
Page 197 - Maxim 201 to 202
- CCII/202: Sayings are Actions render a Man Accomplish'd.
Page 198 - Maxim 203 to 204
- CCIII/203: To know Excellencies of the Age we Live in.
- CCIV/204: What is Easie ought to be enter'd upon, as it if were Difficult; and what is Difficult, as if it were Easie.
Page 199 - Maxim 204 to 205
- CCV/205: To know how to make use of Contempt.
Page 200 - Maxim 205
Page 201 - Maxim 205 to 206
- CCVI/206: We must know that the Vulgar Humour is every where.
Page 202 - Maxim 207 to 208
- CCVII/207: To use Retention.
- CCVIII/208: Not to Die the Death of a Fool.
Page 203 - Maxim 208 to 209
- CCIX/209: Not to Imitate the Folly of Others.
Page 204 - Maxim 210
- CCX/210: To know how to make use of Truth.
Page 205 - Maxim 210
Page 206 - Maxim 210 to 212
- CCXI/211: In Heaven All is Peasure; in Hell All Pain. The World being in the middle, has a Share of both.
- CCXII/212: Not to discover the Mystery of one's Art.
Page 207 - Maxim 212 to 213
- CCXIII/213: To know how to Contradict.
Page 208 - Maxim 214 to 215
- CCXIV/214: Of one Folly not to make two.
- CCXV/215: To have an Eye of him that Looks one way, and Rows another.
Page 209 - Maxim 215 to 216
- CCXVI/216: To Speak Clearly.
Page 210 - Maxim 216 to 217
- CCXVII/217: We must neither Love, nor Hate for ever.
Page 211 - Maxim 217 to 218
- CCXVIII/218: To do Nothing Whimsically, but every Thing with Circumspection.
Page 212 - Maxim 218 to 219
- CCXIX/219: Not to pass for a Crafty Man.
Page 213 - Maxim 220
- CCXX/220: To cover our Selves with the Fox's Skin, where we cannot do it with the Lion's.
Page 214 - Maxim 221 to 222
- CCXXI/221: Not to be too ready to Engage one's Self, nor any Other.
- CCXXII/222: A Reserv'd Man is apparently a Prudent One.
Page 215 - Maxim 222 to 223
- CCXXIII/223: Not to be too Singular, neither thro' Affectation, nor Inadvertency.
Page 216 - Maxim 223
Page 217 - Maxim 223
Page 218 - Maxim 224 to 225
- CCXXIV/224: Never to take Things against the Grain, though they come that way.
- CCXXV/225: To know one's Prevailing Fault.
Page 219 - Maxim 225 to 226
- CCXXVI/226: Attention to Engage.
Page 220 - Maxim 226 to 227
- CCXXVII/227: Not to be a Man of the first Impression.
Page 221 - Maxim 227 to 229
- CCXXVIII/228: To have neither the Reputation, nor Infamy of a bad Tongue.
- CCXXIX/229: To know how to Divide one's Life, like a Man of Parts.
Page 222 - Maxim 229
Page 223 - Maxim 229
Page 224 - Maxim 229
Page 225 - Maxim 229
Page 226 - Maxim 229 to 231
- CCXXX/230: To open One's Eyes when Time so requires.
- CCXXXI/231: Never to shew Things before they be finished.
Page 227 - Maxim 231 to 232
- CCXXXII/232: To Understand a little the Commerce of Life.
Page 228 - Maxim 232 to 234 (234/CCXXXIV mistitled as 236/CCXXXVI)
- CCXXXIII/233: To find out another Man's Tast.
- CCXXXIV/234: Never to Engage one's Reputation, without good Assurances of the Persons Honour, and Integrity, whom we relie upon.
Page 229 - Maxim 234 to 235
- CCXXXV/235: To know how to Ask.
Page 230 - Maxim 236 to 237
- CCXXXVI/236: To make that a Favour, which would afterwards have been but a Reward.
- CCXXXVII/237: Never to be privy to a Superiors Secret.
Page 231 - Maxim 237
Page 232 - Maxim 237 to 238
- CCXXXVIII/238: To know Something we always want.
Page 233 - Maxim 238 to 240
- CCXXXIX/239: Not to be too Polite.
- CCXL/240: To know how to Play the Ignorant.
Page 234 - Maxim 240 to 241
- CCXLI/241: To suffer Raillery, but not to use it.
Page 235 - Maxim 242 to 243
- CCXLII/242: To pursue one's Point.
- CCXLIII/243: Not to be a Dove in all things.
Page 236 - Maxim 243 to 244
- CCXLIV/244: To know how to Oblige.
Page 237 - Maxim 244 to 245
- CCXLV/245: To Reason sometimes quite contrary to the Vulgar.
Page 238 - Maxim 246 to 247
- CCXLVI/246: Never to give Satisfaction to those who demand none.
- CCXLVII/247: To Know a little More, and to Live a little Less.
Page 239 - Maxim 247 to 248
- CCXLVIII/248: Not to put off Things to the last.
Page 240 - Maxim 248 to 250
- CCXLIX/249: Not to begin to Live, when we should leave off.
- CCL/250: When we ought to Reason the quite contrary way?
Page 241 - Maxim 250 to 252
- CCLI/251: We are to use Human Means, as if there were no Divine; and Divine, as if there were no Human.
- CCLII/252: Live not altogether for your Self, nor yet for other People.
Page 242 - Maxim 252
Page 243 - Maxim 253 to 254
- CCLIII/253: Not to make one's Self too Intelligible.
- CCLIV/254: Not to slight the Evil, because it is small.
Page 244 - Maxim 254 to 255
- CCLV/255: To do small Kindnesses at a Time, but those often.
Page 245 - Maxim 255 to 256
- CCLVI/256: To be always in a Readiness to parry the Thrusts of Clowns, Humourists, Proud Persons, and of all other Impertinents.
Page 246 - Maxim 256 to 257
- CCLVII/257: Never to come to a Rupture.
Page 247 - Maxim 258 to 259
- CCLVIII/258: To look out for One that may help to carry the Burthen of Adversity.
- CCLIX/259: To prevent Offences, and turn them into Favours.
Page 248 - Maxim 259 to 261
- CCLX/260: You should never be wholly at the Devotion of any One, nor any One at yours.
- CCLXI/261: Not to persevere in Folly.
Page 249 - Maxim 261 to 262
- CCLXII/262: To know how to Forget.
Page 250 - Maxim 262 to 264
- CCLXIII/263: Many Things that serve for Pleasure, ought not to be possess'd peculiarly by Us.
- CCLXIV/264: To be at not time Careless.
Page 251 - Maxim 264 to 265
- CCLXV/265: To know how to Engage those that Depend upon us.
Page 252 - Maxim 265 to 266
- CCLXVI/266: To be too Good, is to be start Naught.
Page 253 - Maxim 266 to 268
- CCLXVII/267: Silken Words.
- CCLXVIII/268: The Wise Man ought to do at the Beginning, what the Fool does in the End.
Page 254 - Maxim 268 to 270
- CCLXIX/269: To make the Best of a Novelty.
- CCLXX/270: Not to Condemn singly what has pleas'd Many.
Page 255 - Maxim 270 to 272
- CCLXXI/271: Let him that Knows but Little in his Profession, stick to what he knows Best:
- CCLXXII/272: To sell Things as Courtesie thinks fit to Value them.
Page 256 - Maxim 272 to 273
- CCLXXIII/273: To Know thoroughly the Temper of those with whom we have to Do.
Page 257 - Maxim 273 to 274
- CCLXXIV/274: To have the Gift of Pleasing.
Page 258 - Maxim 274 to 275
- CCLXXV/275: To Conform to common Custom, but not to common Folly.
Page 259 - Maxim 276
- CCLXXVI/276: To be able to renew one's Genius both by Nature, and Art.
Page 260 - Maxim 276
Page 261 - Maxim 277
- CCLXXVII/277: The Man of Ostentation.
Page 262 - Maxim 277
Page 263 - Maxim 277
Page 264 - Maxim 277 to 279
- CCLXXVIII/278: In all Things to avoid being Remarkable.
- CCLXXIX/279: To Suffer Contradiction without Gain-saying.
Page 265 - Maxim 279 to 281
- CCLXXX/280: The Good Man.
- CCLXXXI/281: The Approbation of knowing Men.
Page 266 - Maxim 281 to 282
- CCLXXXII/282: To make Absence an Expedient, for being both Respected, or Esteemed.
Page 267 - Maxim 282 to 284
- CCLXXXIII/283: The Man of good Invention.
- CCLXXXIV/284: Meddle not with other People's Business, and your own shall assuredly go well.
Page 268 - Maxim 284 to 285
- CCLXXXV/285: Not to Lose one's Self with another.
Page 269 - Maxim 285 to 286
- CCLXXXVI/286: Suffer not your Self to be Obliged, bu all sorts of People.
Page 270 - Maxim 286 to 288
- CCLXXXVII/287: Never to Act in Passion.
- CCLXXXVIII/288: To Live according as Occasion serves.
Page 271 - Maxim 288 to 289
- CCLXXXIX/289: What most Discredits a Man, is to shew what he is.
Page 272 - Maxim 289 to 291
- CCXC/290: It is a Happiness to join Esteem with Affection.
- CCXCI/291: To Know how to make an Essay.
Page 273 - Maxim 291 to 293
- CCXCII/292: To be above, rather than below one's Employment.
- CCXCIII/293: Of Maturity.
Page 274 - Maxim 293 to 295
- CCXCIV/294: To be Moderate in one's Opinion.
- CCXCV/295: To be, and not seem to be, a Man of Business.
Page 275 - Maxim 295
Page 276 - Maxim 295
Page 277 - Maxim 295 to 296
- CCXCVI/296: The Man of Value, and Majestick Qualities.
Page 278 - Maxim 297 to 298
- CCXCVII/297: To do all things, as in the Presence of Witnesses.
- CCXCVIII/298: The Ready Wit, the Profound Judgement, and the Quaint Discernment.
Page 279 - Maxim 298 to 299
- CCXCIX/299: To leave off with an Appetite.
Page 280 - Maxim 300
- CCC/300: In a Word, to be Holy.

[Different English translations of some maxims in Baltasar Gracian's (1601-1658) The Art of Worldly Wisdom]

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