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Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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Flattery, the baseness of the flatterer; deceit of the flattered, and even baseness of both; because their baseness shows that the one who enjoys flattery does not trust in the value of their merits.

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Fear initiates all wisdom, and those who have no fear cannot know.

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Men are not won over by favors without deeds.

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Many defeats have led to consideration, and many victories have been given by recklessness.

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Whoever leaves the offended alive, must always fear revenge.

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One who does not live securely does not truly live.

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It 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.

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To kill oneself for fear of dying is equally foolish and cowardly.

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Doctors kill and live by killing, and the complaint falls upon the illness.

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The greatest cliff, the trust.

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Outward hypocrisy, being a sin morally, is a great political virtue.

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Love for the homeland always harms the individual.

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