“To hear a prince's secrets is not a privilege but a burden. Many smash the mirror that reminds them of their ugliness. They cannot stand to see those who saw them.”

—  Baltasar Gracián, book The Art of Worldly Wisdom

No es favor del Príncipe, sino pecho, el comunicarlo. Quiebran muchos el espejo porque les acuerda la fealdad. No puede ver al que le pudo ver.
Maxim 237 (p. 134)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)

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