Siar Xplore Jan 09 (CNY Eve)

Adapt yourself to everyone else
A Proteus of discretion.
Learned with the learned, saintly with the saints.

This is a great way to capture the goodwill of others, for similarity generates benevolence.
Observe people's temperaments, and adapt yourself accordingly.

Whether you're with a serious person or a jovial one, follow the current and politely transform yourself.

This is especially true of those who depend on others.

It is a great stratagem for living prudently, and it requires much capacity.

Sematan Xplore

Know how to wait
It shows a great heart with deep reserves of patience.
Never hurry and never give way to your emotions.
Master yourself and you will master others.

Stroll through the open spaces of time to the center of opportunity.
Wise hesitation ripens success and brings secrets to maturity.

The crutch of Time can do more than the steely club of Hercules.
God himself punishes not with iron hands but with leaden feet.
A wonderful saying:"Time and I can take on any two."
Fortune gives larger rewards to those who wait.

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A shortcut to becoming a true person

Put the right people beside you.

The company you keep can work wonders.

Customs and taste and even intelligence are being transmitted without our being aware of it.

Let the quick person join the hesitant one, and so on, through every sort of temperament.

That way you achieve moderation without straining after it.

It takes much skill to know how to adapt yourself.

The alternation of opposites makes the universe beautiful and sustains it, and causes even greater harmony in human customs than in nature.

Govern yourself by this advice when you select your friends and servants.

The communication of extremes will produce a discreet and golden mean.

- Aphorism 108, Gracian

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A universal man

Possessing every perfection, he is equal to many men.
He makes life ever so pleasant, communicating that enjoyment to his friends.

Variety and perfection are what makes life delightful.
It is a great art to know how to enjoy all good things.

And since Nature made man a compendium of the whole natural world, let art make him a universe by training his taste and intellect

- Alphoirsm 93, Gracian

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