MAXIME CCXXII.
A reserved man is apparently a prudent man.
The Tongue is a wild Beast, very hard to be chained again, when once it is let loose. It is the pulse, whereby the wise
The courtiers manual oracle, or, The art of prudence written originally in Spanish by Baltazar Gracian, and now done into English.
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- Title
- The courtiers manual oracle, or, The art of prudence written originally in Spanish by Baltazar Gracian, and now done into English.
- Author
- Gracián y Morales, Baltasar, 1601-1658.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by M. Flesher, for Abel Swalle ...,
- 1685.
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"The courtiers manual oracle, or, The art of prudence written originally in Spanish by Baltazar Gracian, and now done into English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A41733.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2024.
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know the disposition of the Soul. By that, intelligent men feel the motion of the heart. The mischief is, that he who ought to be the most discreet, is the least. The wise man avoids fretting and enga∣ging, and thereby shews how much he is master of himself. He acts with circum∣spection. He is a Janus in counterpoi∣sing, and an Argus in discerning. Mo∣mus might have said with better reason, that the hands wanted eyes, than that the heart needed a little window.