Quotes by Lope De Vega

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To crown the victory is to forgive the defeated.

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The truth is ashamed of one thing: to hide.

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Seated on her throne, her deaf love, Please remember: No one's speeches hear them.

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Disrespect between equals is abhorrent, and from a superior is called tyranny.

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Not for nothing did a wise man say that women owe tailors half of their beauty.

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It is not for nothing that anger and prudence are illustrated in the type of the young and the old. The young man is ready to pull the wild horse's tail with his hands and falls, knocked to the ground. And the old man, unhurriedly, thread by thread, shortens the horse's tail.

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It is time for healers and cures for irreparable offences.

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...There is no punishment more fitting for loving hearts than marriage.

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Not! Never will he die Who led a pure life and full of light, Whose eternal memory lives, And in the hearts of men took root.

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Nothing enhances love like insurmountable obstacles.

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Our will, not by the senses, Not by the times, is not master, We clearly see that we were loved When love is lost.

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...We value love, when it is free.

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The hope of happiness, even illusory, never harms man, because it makes his life easier.

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Love is, of course, heaven, but heaven's garden Often jealousy has turned it into hell.

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Love is strong and strong, With the rights of a tyrant, And there is no betrayal That cannot be forgiven, When the voice of the heart is heard.

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Love is a fire, a longing for happiness. To her invincible power Every being submits.

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It is impossible to hide love, money and worries: love - because it is read in the eyes, money - because they are seen in the luxury of the one who owns them, and worries - because they are written on the forehead of the man.

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Love is like a courtier who covers with the mask of politeness all the deeds that spring from the heart.

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Love unlocks with magical power The locks of jealousy.

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Love cannot be offended, Whoever it is that happiness dreams of; Only the lack of feeling offends us.

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Worldly fame - a fire of straw. It burns for a moment, and in a moment it's out.

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Better than any deception, When the interlocutor has a mind, Is to tell him the bare truth.

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The cape with the golden lining hides all the flaws.

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Zeal is born from the soul, Deed, from the brave chest, Courage, from inner strength, Pride, from secret thoughts, Firmness, from burning desire, Enthusiasm, from hope, Courage, from strength of spirit, Fierce, from irritation, Sociable nature , from temperance, Fearlessness, from conceit, Gentleness, from noble nature, Infatuation, from the charm of the object, Benevolence, from cordiality, Despair, from self-forgetfulness, Friendly nature, from love, And threat, from jealousy of the heart.

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He who loves, but when parting He cannot overcome his jealousy, He does not know what love is, because Where there is no humility, there is no place for love.

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Respecting women is a duty that every virtuous man must obey from birth.

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For women, experience shows, Health and beauty are inseparable.

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Respect calls everywhere Good will and trust, And foolish smugness - Is the way to ill will and enmity.

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Birth does not add or take away from man's merits, because it does not depend on his will, but man himself is responsible for his deeds, both good and bad.

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The more difficulties there are in the battle, the more beautiful the victory will be.

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...Someone else's secret is more tormenting than any disorder!

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The lie whispers, the gossip whispers, And the truth shouts.

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Those who have taken fate for granted, They must not worry about pride, but about duty.

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It is more pleasant than any reward To be able to serve the gentle people.

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Believe me, the sign of the wise is generous oblivion.

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Friend, remember: A friend is harder to find. And it's easy to find a girlfriend.

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The beautiful fluffy ones, my friend, We love them passionately, but not for long. For a long time we have loved from the heart Only the generous girlfriends.

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What's wonderful about a woman, sure, To be new and forever changing.

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Nature is hard to deceive, But life is like the deceptive sea. Today - joy, tomorrow - pain, And that's why the thread of life breaks.

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Love cursed by all is guilty. Whoever falls into his net suddenly loses his Courage, his mind, his freedom.

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Annoyance knows no half measures.

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Let the servant not allow himself to pour out the wine More skillfully than the master.

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Trust me: love goes the same way jealousy comes.

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To a hundred beauties deceived, Whatever the men's rank, Five hundred men are deceived.

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The dances, with their charm, In flight, in the elan of joy It makes them even more beautiful, And the ugly ones become pretty.

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The look of the jealous, I repeat, is more dangerous than any rush.

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Courage lies in being able to rise above blind passion.

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Earth has always been man's natural mother, and water - stepmother.

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The sight delights the lovers, And only the one who sees love has a part, And its aroma.

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That the one who is no longer of any use, Forget gave him and the heart rejects him.

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Because he is not a slave who groans under the blows of the whip, nor a renegade who, according to Heaven's will, Lives alone and withdrawn in suffering, He is not poor who asks for a corner of bread. But he is also a slave, poor, and lonely, the one who in life chose the palace of vice.

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The most important rule of art says that it cannot imitate anything but the verisimilitude.

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Don't walk through other people's houses, when you have to protect your own from harm.

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In love there is always harmony and peace, and in an instant everything can become hell!

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Friendship is born on the journey and in prison, and here too the human possibilities are fully manifested.

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In matters of honor the Language of astrology does not help.

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Being overconfident is foolish and dangerous, and naivety is the path to suffering. But to see without any proof, at once, treason everywhere - is no less foolish.

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The god of love is unyielding: He, if you upset him, takes revenge and loses you.

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That the wife of an old husband is like the ivy that hangs over the branches: when the hairy maple she embraces both his trunk and crown, she is young and fresh - the old maple.

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Show off her beauty always. But cruelty is disgusting.

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It has been known for a long time: Love does not bind between those who are unequal.

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There are people who cannot begin to love unless they have first been humiliated, and the very thing that arouses disgust in others, inflames their passion.

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Women-in-love It is not good for them to be cunning!

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A book is a dear friend: You are tired - she is silent; It teaches you without speaking, Rest is with an instructive book.

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He who has shown so much brilliance In the art of lying and pretending, He is not worth trusting, nor the truth he would speak.

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He who cheated once, will do it many times again.

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Whose heart did not open at first, In vain knock on the door with strength!

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He who is skillful knows quickly Who is petty and who stinks.

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Who is unworthy of heights That fate lays him on the ground.

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The extreme opposite of love is neither separation, nor jealousy, nor forgetfulness, nor greed, but strife.

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When we love, we lose sight.

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When the lover is angry with his beloved, an even more fiery and tender love results.

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Love is the surest kinship, Nothing in the world brings closer.

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To slander, nay, vehemently, Is as pleasant as can be, my dear. The poets also said it only: Gossip keeps us cold in winter And the hot summer makes it cool.

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Know that of friends and ideas, Of women and sails You mustn't judge hastily. Friends can also deceive us; Ideas must be weighed; You have to look carefully at the sails. And in women, the wonderful Body is often observed, but without a soul.

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Betraying your friend is a crime Without any excuse and unforgivable.

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No matter how much a man is in love, he loves himself the most.

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When the soul tends to another soul, He is blind and has no fear.

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And how many new things death brings, and changes, and changes In every country and every house.

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To find a great friend, to believe in him, this is the greatest good, what awaits a person down here, your soul, your goods, your troubles would be his; if you live without it, don't let it make you bitter; it is a deceitful glory to gain such a thing, it would be terrible to fear: I will lose it.

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Life gives us only one good thing: We can be the one we love.

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If we were to become disillusioned, to cover our eyes, to absorb poison like sweet wine, to love the harm, to forget the benefit, to believe that hell will take us to heaven, to bury our existence in a disappointment: this is love. Anyone who has tried it knows.

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What is love? - Hell for life. Who is your parent? - Blind audacity. What keeps you alive? - Grace eases your hunger. What is its power? - To weave your soul. Is it deadly? - Bringer of a hundred kills. (...) What does it taste like? - The salt of deceit. Is there any good in it? - This is the secret of secrets.

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The wall has ears, even a tongue.

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It is difficult to forget a woman precisely because it is pleasant to remember her.

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The heart hates to hate, it only loves to love.

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Tell me, how does the man affect the girl? The lover and the suitor are the same: with a thousand false words and a half truth.

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It is impossible for someone who has never tried bad to know good.

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Life is a game, with badly mixed cards and problems. A gambling game full of trouble, where blind chance rules.