''The Art of Worldly Wisdom'' () is a

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written in 1647 by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, better known as Baltasar Gracian. It 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, that became popular throughout Europe. It was translated by Joseph Jacobs (

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, Macmillan and co., 1892.See via Internet Archive Other editions are also available from: * Nayika Publishing, 2009, ; edited with a light commentary/footnotes *

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, 2004, * Christopher Maurer ( Doubleday) 1992 *

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A page dedicated to ''The Art of Worldly Wisdom''
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Partial Translation of El Arte de Prudencia Complete Translation (from 1705) digitized on the website of the Hispanic digital library (National Library of Spain)sobre El Arte de la Prudencia''
blog by Ricardo del Pino. Ethics books Self-help books 1647 books Works by Baltasar Gracián {{self-book-stub