Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegaswas a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo. This style existed in stark contrast to Góngora's culteranismo...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth17 September 1580
CountrySpain
things-are-not-what-they-seem seems
In short, not only are things not what they seem, they are not even what they are called!
age none prepared reach ripe
We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.