Gracián, Baltasar -- The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Duff (1877)]

Dave — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:44:05 +0000

As many tastes as heads, and as different.

[Tantos son los gustos como los rostros, y tan varios.]

Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Duff (1877)]
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(Source (Spanish)). Alternate translations:

There are as many Opinions as Faces, and as great difference amongst the one as the other.
[Flesher ed. (1685)]

So many men, so many tastes, all different.
[tr. Jacobs (1892)]

There are as many minds, as there are heads, and as different.
[tr. Fischer (1937)]

Tastes are as abundant as faces and just as varied.
[tr. Maurer (1992)]

Bierce, Ambrose -- “Egotist,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000

EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Egotist,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
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Included in The Devil's Dictionary (1911). Originally published in the "Devil's Dictionary" column in the San Francisco Wasp (1884-05-17).

WIST Quotations

Gracián, Baltasar -- The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Duff (1877)]

Bierce, Ambrose -- “Egotist,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)