In dangers, the king who looks on orders with his eyes. - Francisco Quevedo

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In dangers, the king who looks on orders with his eyes.

Francisco Quevedo

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About Francisco Quevedo

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, (14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era.

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Native Name: Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas

Alternative Names: Quevedo • Francisco de Quevedo • Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas • Quevedo y Villegas • Francisco De Quevedo

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All sinners have less turpitude than the hypocrite, for the former, though they sin against God, do not sin with God or in God, whilst the hypocrite sins against God and also with God, since he takes Him as an instrument of his sin.

In dangers, the king who looks on orders with his eyes. - Francisco Quevedo

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