Top 25 Quotes by Pedro Calderon de la Barca of 37 - Page 2

A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel - she should marry.

A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel - she should marry.

Stronger, Needs, Should

"El Purgatorio de Sans Patricio". Play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca (Act III, Scene 4), translated, 1685.

To the King, one must give his possessions and his life; but honour is a possession of soul, and the soul is only God's.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Kings, Giving, Soul

"The Mayor of Zalamea". Play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, 1636.

All just laws condemn cruelty.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Law, Cruelty

A friar who asks alms for God's sake begs for two.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Two, Sake, Charity

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.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Heartbreak, Morning, Flower

"A las flores". Poem by Pedro Calderon de la Barca,

All must yield to the weight of years; conquest is not difficult for time.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Time, Yield, Years

The dower of great beauty has always been misfortune, since happiness and beauty do not agree together.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Beauty, Together, Agree

Grief has been compared to a hydra; for every one that dies, two are born.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Grief, Two, Hydra

No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the steel, and the diamond is tried by the diamond, while metals gleam the brighter in the furnace.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Real, Perfect, Crucible