Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorMany defeats have led to consideration, and many victories have been given by recklessness.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorWhoever leaves the offended alive, must always fear revenge.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorOne who does not live securely does not truly live.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorIt is better to pardon someone who is dying of fear than someone who kills out of fear: because in the former, nature acts without fault; while in the latter, with wrongdoing and fault, the timid and base intellect is at work.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorTo kill oneself for fear of dying is equally foolish and cowardly.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorDoctors kill and live by killing, and the complaint falls upon the illness.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorThe greatest cliff, the trust.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorOutward hypocrisy, being a sin morally, is a great political virtue.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorLove for the homeland always harms the individual.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorNothing arouses the clamor of the people as much as novelty.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorThe rich eat; the poor feed themselves.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorNo vanquished person has justice if their victor is to judge them.