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“Employ in everything a certain casualness which conceals art and creates the impression that what is done and said is accomplished without effort and without its being thought about. It is from this, in my opinion, that grace largely derives.”

Quote by Baldassare Castiglione

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Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione

Baldassare Castiglione was an Italian diplomat and writer, renowned for his work 'The Book of the Courtier'. He was born on December 6, 1478, and died on February 2, 1529. more

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