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The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Balthasar Gracian
translated by Joseph Jacobs [1892]

Part life-coach, part Machiavelli, part Yoda, Balthasar Gracian [1601-1658], a Jesuit priest, wrote this collection of pithy sayings four centuries ago. Gracian speaks to the twenty-first century as well as the seventeenth. like Sun Tzu or the Book of Five Rings. The Art of Worldly Wisdom fits along this catergory. Its a collection of maxims. Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia was written in 1637, and became popular throughout Europe. The book is a collection of 300 maxims, each with a commentary, on various topics giving advice and guidance on how to live fully, advance socially, and be a better person.

It was translated by Joseph Jacobs (London and New York, Macmillan and co., 1892. Other editions are also available from:
Nayika, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9559583-1-1; edited with a light commentary/footnotes;
Shambhala Publications, 2004, ISBN 1-59030-141-2;
Christopher Maurer (Doubleday) 1992;
Dover Publications, 2005, ISBN 0-486-44034-6)