Happy is he who is born to be a king, if, when he reigns, h… - Francisco Quevedo

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Happy is he who is born to be a king, if, when he reigns, he shows he deserves to be one.

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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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.

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Happy is he who is born to be a king, if, when he reigns, he shows he deserves to be one. - Francisco Quevedo

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