CV

Charles V

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Quotes by Charles V

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I came, I saw, God conquered.
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Iron hand in a velvet glove.
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I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
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To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.
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Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.
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I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse.
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Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.
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My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I.
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I speak English to my accountants, French to my ambassadors, Italian to my mistress, Latin to my God, and German to my horse