Fernando de Rojas
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Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465 – April 1541) was a Spanish author and playwright.
Quotes
[edit]La Celestina (1499)
[edit]- Goods which are not shared are not goods.
- Act I.
- The use of riches is better than their possession.
- Act II.
- The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.
- Act II.
- Riches do not make one rich but busy.
- Act IV.
- No one is so old that he cannot live yet another year, nor so young that he cannot die today.
- Act IV.
- When God wounds from on high he will follow with the remedy.
- Act X.
- When one door closes, fortune will usually open another.
- Act XV.
