Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorLive only for yourself if you can, for if you die, you die only for yourself.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorIf you do good to be thanked, you are a merchant, not a benefactor; greedy, not charitable.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorThere is no love without the fear of offending or losing what is loved.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorThere are short books that, in order to understand them as they deserve, a very long life is needed.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorLeisure is the loss of salary.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorOnly he who leads with love is served with loyalty.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorGratitude is the principal part of a good man.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorThe general must be considered, and the soldier obedient.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorWe all desire to grow old; and we all deny that we have grown old.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorFear should always be preserved, but never displayed.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorThere can indeed be a stab without flattery, but seldom is there flattery without a stab.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorWhere there is little justice, it is dangerous to be right.