Baltasar Gracian Quotes

Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.

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• Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Friends
  • Giving
  • Enemy