The Art of Worldly Wisdom

ISBN: 9780486440347

出版社: Dover Pubns

出版年: 2005-4

页数: 128

定价: $ 6.72

装帧: Pap

内容简介

"Think with the few and speak with the many," "Friends are a second existence," and "Be able to forget" are among this volume's 300 pithy maxims on politics, professional life, and personal development. Published in 1637 by Baltasar Gracian, a Spanish Jesuit scholar, this book of timeless advice, focusing on honesty and kindness, remains ever popular.