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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Baltasar Gracian

Approximate author period: c. 1629 AD · renaissance

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Baltasar Gracian
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Approximate author period: c. 1629 AD · renaissance
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Baltasar Gracian: recorded author lifetime 1601–1658. Source: https://edsverb.com/authors/baltasar-gracian (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is baltasar-gracian; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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