Francisco de Quevedo Quotes

Fear should always be preserved, but never displayed.

There can indeed be a stab without flattery, but seldom is there flattery without a stab.

The possession of health is like that of wealth, which is enjoyed by spending it, and if it is not spent, it is not enjoyed.

Where there is little justice, it is dangerous to be right.

One never improves their condition by just changing place, but not their way of life and customs.

The truth should not be shown naked, but in a shirt.

Many are good if you believe the witnesses; few if you question their conscience.

It is easier to write against pride than to overcome it.

He who wants everything in this life to his liking will have many disappointments.

To be a tyrant is not to be, but to cease to be, and to make everyone else cease to be.

In the most illustrious and glorious captains and emperors of the world, study and war have preserved their close relationship, and military art has allied itself with learning. The sword has not disdained the pen in such minds. A learned symbol of this truth is the arrow: with the pen, the iron that will strike flies.

What is learned in youth lasts a lifetime.