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Francisco de Quevedo Quotes

Type:
Writer Quotes
Category:
Spanish Writer Quotes
Date of Birth:
September 17, 1580
Date of Death:
September 8, 1645
Nationality:
Spanish
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Francisco de Quevedo

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For every judge we sow, we reap six magistrates, two clerks of court, four scriveners, five lawyers and five thousand businessmen; and that, let it be said, is our daily tally.
Francisco de Quevedo

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

Merchants and businessmen flock in in their thousands, damning themselves in Castillian and accountancy.
Francisco de Quevedo


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