In our days they count a man him who swears rather than him… - Francisco Quevedo

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In our days they count a man him who swears rather than him whose beard is grown.

Francisco Quevedo

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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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Women only want a man to grant; for of course they always ask.

There are some men who lie even when telling the truth, for they tell it with their lips whilst they lie in their hearts.

In fact the world is all agreed and calls commodity honour; so that men need only proclaim that they are honourable with- out being so to mock at the world.

In our days they count a man him who swears rather than him whose beard is grown. - Francisco Quevedo

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