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Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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He who suspects that he always errs is right.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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Criminals do less harm than a bad judge.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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A single stone can bring down a building.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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To humble oneself is virtue, power, and humility; to let oneself be humbled is baseness and a crime.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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For our greed, much is little; for our need, little is much.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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It is convenient to live considering that one has to die; death is always good; it seems bad sometimes because sometimes the one who dies is bad.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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Astrology is a science that is a treat for the cowardly, without any foundation other than the belief of the superstitious. It is a false testimony that poorly occupied men raise to the stars.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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Life is a pain in which the pain of death begins, and it lasts as long as life does.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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The advice of chastisement most of the time comes late.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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Love is the ultimate philosophy of the earth and the sky.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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Justice is a constant and perpetual willingness to give each one what is due to them.