19 Quotes by Francisco de Quevedo

Todo lo cotidiano es mucho y feo.

Nunca mejora su estado quien muda solamente de lugar, y no de vida y costumbres.

¡Algún puto, cornudo, bujarrón y judío -dijo en altas voces- ordenó tal cosa!

In short, not only are things not what they seem, they are not even what they are called!

We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.

I will be dust, but dust in love

He who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future.

I will be dust, but dust in love.

Withdrawn into the peace of this desert, along with some books, few but wise, I live in conversation with the deceased, and listen to the dead with my eyes.