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Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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Not happy is he to whom fortune cannot give more, but he to whom it cannot take anything away.

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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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.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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War is lifelong in men, because life is war, and to live and to fight are the same thing.