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"A wise man does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing, only at different times, the first in season, and the second out. He who starts by putting on his understanding wrong side to, must continue in this style ever afterwards, wearing about his feet what he should have placed upon his head, making left of what is right, and so proceeding in everything he does; there is only one good way to bring him to account, and that is to make him do by compulsion what he should have done through desire; but the man of sense sees at once, what sooner or later, must be, and does it to his joy, and to his credit."

from The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián (via arsvitaest)

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