| La Pia de' Tolomei, by Dante Gabriel Rosetti [1868-80] (Public Domain Image) | The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Balthasar Gracian translated by Joseph Jacobs [1892] |
Jacobs, the translator, is also the author of many books of folklore, etexts of which can also be found at this site, for instance, Celtic Fairy Tales, English Fairy Tales, and Indian Fairy Tales.
Production note: I have arbitrarily divided the body of the translation into files of 50 sayings each: Jacobs recommended reading the book 50 sayings at a time.
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