Quevedo's most famous lines and verses
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: A mighty knight is Sir Money. · There once was a man stuck to a nose. · Where there is little justice, being right is dangerous.. (Updated Jun 19, 2019.)
The best of Francisco de Quevedo's wit (1580-1645): verses Spaniards know by heart and maxims that still sound modern. Texts from Wikiquote and Wikisource.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 12
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1
A mighty knight is Sir Money.
Refrain of the satirical poem «Mother, I bow to gold».
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2
There once was a man stuck to a nose.
First line of the sonnet «To a Nose», the most famous mockery of Spain's Golden Age.
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3
Where there is little justice, being right is dangerous.
One of his most quoted maxims.
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4
The rich man dines; the poor man feeds himself.
One of Quevedo's maxims.
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5
Dust they will be, but dust in love.
Last line of the sonnet «Love Constant Beyond Death».
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6
Insult is the reason of those who have no reason.
One of Quevedo's maxims.
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7
When we say that times past were better, we condemn the future without knowing it.
One of Quevedo's maxims.
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8
A man can be forgiven for being foolish for an hour, when there are fools who never stop being so for an hour in their whole life.
One of Quevedo's maxims.
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9
He who seems wise among fools seems a fool among the wise.
One of Quevedo's maxims.
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10
There are short books that need a very long life to be understood as they deserve.
One of Quevedo's maxims.
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11
A friend should be like blood, rushing to the wound without waiting to be called.
Quevedo on friendship.
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12
Between the white carnation and the red rose, Your Majesty, choose (escoja = «choose», es coja = «is lame»).
The famous anecdote in which Quevedo called the queen lame to her face without her being able to reproach him.
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