Preface : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. vii PREFACE My attention was first drawn to the "Orculo Manual" by Mr. (now Sir Mountstuart) Grant Duff's admirable article on Balthasar Gracian in the "Fortnightly Review" of March 1877. I soon after obtained...
Introduction. Iii Of The 'or'aculo Manual : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], III OF THE "ORCULO MANUAL" Having thus proved " priori" that the ideal book of maxims was destined to be the "Orculo Manual" of Balthasar Gracian, let us proceed to prove our proof, as schoolboys do with their sums...
The Art Of Worldly Wisdom. 200 249 : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], cc "Leave Something to wish for", so as not to be miserable from very happiness. The body must respire and the soul aspire. If one possessed all, all would be disillusion and discontent. Even in knowledge there...
The Art Of Worldly Wisdom. 1 49 : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. 1 i "Everything is at its Acme"; especially the art of making one's way in the world. There is more required nowadays to make a single wise man than formerly to make Seven Sages, and more is needed nowadays...
The Art Of Worldly Wisdom. 50 99 : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], l "Never lose Self-respect", or be too familiar with oneself. Let your p. 30 own right feeling be the true standard of your rectitude, and owe more to the strictness of your own self-judgment than to all external...
Introduction. Bibliographical Appendix : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. xlvii BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX THE best bibliographical account of Gracian's works is that of Backer, "Bibliothque des crivains de la Compagnie de Jsus", 1869, "sub voce". I have shortened the descriptions...
Dedication : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. v TO MRS. G. H. LEWIS "Dear Mrs. Lewis", "This little book were not worthy of being associated with your name, did it not offer an ideal of life at once refined and practical, cultured yet wisely energetic...
The Art Of Worldly Wisdom. 250 300 : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], ccl "When to change the Conversation". When they talk scandal. With some all goes contrariwise: their No is Yes, and their Yes No. If they speak ill of a thing it is the highest praise. For what they want...
Notes : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. 181 p. 182 p. 183 NOTES ORIG. refers to the Spanish original, generally from the Barcelona edition of 1734, though I have occasionally referred to the Madrid edition of 1653, and at times used the text...
Introduction. I. Of Balthasar Graci : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. xvii INTRODUCTION I. OF BALTHASAR GRACIAN AND HIS WORKS WE may certainly say of Gracian what Heine by an amiable fiction said of himself: he was one of the first men of his century. For he was born 8th January...
Introduction. Leading Maxims : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. lv LEADING MAXIMS i Everything is at its Acme ("Todo est ya en su punto") 1 ii Character and Intellect ("Genio y ingenio") 1 iii Keep Matters for a Time in Suspense ("Llevar sus cosas con suspencion") 2 iv...
The Art Of Worldly Wisdom. 100 149 : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], c "A Man without Illusions, a wise Christian, a philosophic Courtier". Be all these, not merely seem to be them, still less affect to be them. Philosophy is nowadays discredited, but yet it was always the chiefest...
The Art Of Worldly Wisdom. 150 199 : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], cl "Know to get your Price for Things". Their intrinsic value is not sufficient; for all do not bite at the kernel or look into the interior. Most go with the crowd, and go because they see others go. It is a gre...
Testimonia : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. xi TESTIMONIA IL est si concis si rompu et si estrangement coup qu'il semble qu'il ait pris l'obscurit tasche: aussi le Lecteur a besoin d'en deuiner le sens & souvent quand il l'a compris il trouve qu'il s'est...
Title Page : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. iii Auf des Glckes groer Waage Steht die Zunge selten ein; Du mut steigen oder sinken, Du mut herrschen und gewinnen, Oder dienen und verlieren, Leiden oder triumphieren, Ambo oder Hammer sein. 1 GOETHE, "E...
Untitled : * Part life-coach, part Machiavelli, part Yoda, Balthasar Gracian [1601-1658], a Jesuit priest, wrote this collection of pithy sayings four centuries ago. Gracian speaks to the twenty-first century as well as the seventeenth. It's only a matter of time before someone markets Gracian's life advice...
Introduction. To The Reader : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], p. lxxxv "TO THE READER" "No laws for the just, no counsels for the wise. Yet no one ever knew as much as he had need. One thing you must forgive, another, thank me for. I have called this manual of worldly wisdom...
Introduction. Ii. Of Maxims : * "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", by Balthasar Gracian, tr. by Joseph Jacobs, [1892], II. OF MAXIMS Many men have sought to give their views about man and about life in a pithy way; a few have tried to advise men in short sentences what to do in the various emergencies of life. The former have...
