Gracian's Manual
Subtitle: A Truth-Telling Manual & the Art of Worldly Wisdom
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
Published: June 1979
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780398066864
Subjects: Reference
First sentence: EVERYTHING today has its point, but the art of making yourself count for something the greatest: more is demanded to produce one wise man today, than seven formerly; and more is needed to deal with a single individual in our times, than with a whole people in the past.