How to Use Your Enemies: Baltasar Gracian

In these witty, Machiavellian aphorisms, unlikely Spanish priest Baltasar Gracian shows us how to exploit friends and enemies alike to thrive in a world of deception and illusion.
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Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). Gracian`s work is available in Penguin Classics in The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence.