The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian

Author:Baltasar Gracian [Gracián, Baltasar]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-75697-8
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2010-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

144 Enter conceding and come out winning. This is a strategy for getting what you want. Even in heavenly matters, our Christian teachers recommend this holy craftiness. It is an important sort of dissimulation and you use it to capture someone else’s will. You appear to have his interests in mind, but it is only to open the way for yours. You should never take up matters confusedly, especially risky ones. Be careful with people whose first word is usually “no.” It is best to disguise your intent, so that they won’t realize the difficulties of saying “yes,” especially when you have already sensed their resistance. This maxim relates to the ones about hidden intentions, and requires the same quintessential subtlety.

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