The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence
| Author | : Balthasar Gracian |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 2011-01-27 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780141442457 |
| ISBN-10 | : 014144245X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence written by Balthasar Gracian and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic on power to stand alongside Machiavelli and Marcus Aurelius. With aphorisms ranging from "find everyone's weak spot" to "quit whilst fortune is smiling, as all good gamblers do," this engrossing classic of the Spanish Golden Age offers pragmatic, hardheaded, and coldly- calculated advice on how to thrive in a cut-throat world. Its three hundred maxims were originally written in Spanish more than four hundred years ago and are as applicable to modern life as they are to the dynamics of Spanish Baroque society.
