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.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorOne never improves their condition by just changing place, but not their way of life and customs.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorThe truth should not be shown naked, but in a shirt.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorMany are good if you believe the witnesses; few if you question their conscience.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorIt is easier to write against pride than to overcome it.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorHe who wants everything in this life to his liking will have many disappointments.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorTo be a tyrant is not to be, but to cease to be, and to make everyone else cease to be.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorWhat is learned in youth lasts a lifetime.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorMighty knight is Sir Money.
Francisco de Quevedo
View AuthorNot happy is he to whom fortune cannot give more, but he to whom it cannot take anything away.