Francisco de Quevedo Quote

Love is faith and not science.

Those who truly love each other only speak to each other with their hearts.

Francisco de Quevedo

Envy is so thin and yellow because it bites and does not eat.

Francisco de Quevedo

Words are like coins, where one is worth many, but many are not worth one.

Francisco de Quevedo

The brave are afraid of their opponent; the coward is afraid of their own fear.

Francisco de Quevedo

The spirit that thinks about what it can fear, begins to fear what it can think.

Francisco de Quevedo

That man who loses honor for the business, loses both the business and the honor.

Francisco de Quevedo

The one who knows where the treasure is located is not wise, but the one who works and retrieves it.

Francisco de Quevedo

Pride is the architect of ruin; it places the foundations on high and the tiles on the foundations.

Francisco de Quevedo

Good advice is good, but I believe it is one of the medicines that are least used and enjoyed.

Francisco de Quevedo

The friend should be like blood, which rushes to the wound without waiting to be called.

Francisco de Quevedo

Much becomes little by simply desiring a little more.

Francisco de Quevedo

Everyone who seems stupid, is, and also half of those who don't seem so are.

Francisco de Quevedo