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The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 225 (1647) [tr. Maurer (1992)] - Gracián, Baltasar | WIST Quotations
Know your major defect. Every talent is balanced by a fault, and if you give in to it, it will govern you like a tyrant. [Conocer su defecto rey. Ninguno vive sin él, contrapeso de la prenda relevante; y si le favorece la inclinación, apodérase a lo tirano.] (Source (Spanish)).…