58 Quotes by Pedro Calderon de la Barca

The king dreams he is a king, and livesin this deception commanding,disposing of, reigning, ruling,And the applause, thus on loan receivedso gets in the wind written.And in ashes Deathwill turn him - great disgrace!Who will dare so to governseeing himself come awaketo the sorry dream of Death?

Podrá entender que soñó, y hará bien cuando lo entienda; por que en el mundo Clotaldo, todos los que viven sueñan.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.

These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night's arms.

When love is not madness, it is not love.

What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?

For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.