Whether any ideal person will learn to rule the world by studying Gracian's or any one else's maxims is somewhat more doubtful, for reasons I have given above in discussing proverbs.

The reasons for the above results are analyzed in details in this thesis. Suggestions on the improvement of text authenticity and task authenticity are given on the basis of the results.

However, for the same reasons above, attention given to this issue still can't lead to a solution to the question in hand.