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1、THEARTOFWORLDLYWISDOMByBalthasarGracianBalthasarGracian(1601-1658),Spanish-bornJesuitpriestwroteOraculomanualyartedeprudencia(1637,TheArtofWorldlyWisdom),translatedtoEnglishbyJosephJacobsin1892.Itconsistsof300maximsonpolitics,practicaltipsforprofessionals,andprudentadviceonone'sperson
2、allifesuchas"Thinkwiththefewandspeakwiththemany."Thereisnootherknownworkthatcompares,anditisasrelevanttodayinthetwenty-firstcenturyasitwasintheseventeenth.BalthasarGraciandiedon6December1658andisburiedinTarazonanearZaragozaintheprovinceofAragon.WhileSunTzu'sTheArtofWarandNiccoloMachia
3、velli'sThePrincearegenerallyconcernedwithaffairsofthestate,TheArtofWorldlyWisdomranksamongthemostnotableandpopularworksofphilosophicaladvice.GracianinfluencedothersuchtimelessandnotableauthorsasNietzsche,LaRochefoucauld,Francois-MarieArouetVoltaire,andSchopenhauer,whotranslatedhiswork
4、stoGerman.THEARTOFWORLDLYWISDOMAphorisms1-30iEverythingisatitsAcme;especiallytheartofmakingone'swayintheworld.ThereismorerequirednowadaystomakeasinglewisemanthanformerlytomakeSevenSages,andmoreisneedednowadaystodealwithasinglepersonthanwasrequiredwithawholepeopleinformertimes.iiCharac
5、terandIntellect:thetwopolesofourcapacity;onewithouttheotherisbuthalfwaytohappiness.Intellectsufficethnot,characterisalsoneeded.Ontheotherhand,itisthefool'smisfortune,tofailinobtainingtheposition,theemployment,theneighbourhood,andthecircleoffriendsthatsuithim.iiiKeepMattersforaTimeinSu
6、spense.Admirationattheirnoveltyheightensthevalueofyourachievements,Itisbothuselessandinsipidtoplaywiththecardsonthetable.Ifyoudonotdeclareyourselfimmediately,youarouseexpectation,especiallywhentheimportanceofyourpositionmakesyoutheobjectofgeneralattention.Mixalittlemysterywitheverythi
7、ng,andtheverymysteryarousesveneration.Andwhenyouexplain,benottooexplicit,justasyoudonotexposeyourinmostthoughtsinordinaryintercourse.Cautioussilenceistheholyofholiesofworldlywisdom.Aresolutiondeclaredisneverhighlythoughtof;itonlyleavesroomforcriticism.Andifithappenstofail,youaredoubly
8、unfor
