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To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. - Baltasar

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. – Baltasar Gracian

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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. – Baltasar Gracian

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Patience
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Baltasar Gracian
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A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself. – Baltasar Gracian

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Age
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Baltasar Gracian
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Imitation belittles. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it. – Francesco Guicciardini

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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. – Samuel Johnson

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