A Truthtelling Manual and the Art of Worldly Wisdom: Being a collection of aphorisms which appear in the works of Baltasar Gracian of the Company of Jesus, and Reader in Holy Scripture in the College of Tarragona immediately translated for the understanding from a 1653 Spanish text
Springfield-Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1935. Hardcover. 32mo. Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #016273
Tan boards, 305pp, title page and text lettered in red and black, tipped in frontispiece,pg. 304 small tear repaired with archival tape, light wear and spotting on boards, portion of original d/w affixed on front and rear boards. Near Fine. Baltasar Gracián y Morales, better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit priest and Baroque prose writer and philosopher.He is known for writing memorable and insightful aphorisms, such as: "Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions."
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