Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favours

Baltasar Gracian Quote

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favours by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders. - Baltasar Gracian

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spanish philosopher, 1601-58

Born:1601

Author Keywords: Philosopher, Spanish

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Martin Heidegger, Gilbert Ryle, Thomas Hobbes, Jeremy Bentham, Boethius

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