Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño, usually referred as Pedro Calderón de la Barca, was a dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. During certain periods of his life he was also a soldier and a Roman Catholic priest. Born when the Spanish Golden Age theatre was being defined by Lope de Vega, he developed it further, his work being regarded as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque theatre...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth17 January 1600
CountrySpain
To the King, one must give his possessions and his life; but honour is a possession of soul, and the soul is only God's.
Grief has been compared to a hydra; for every one that dies, two are born.
Great events have sent before them their announcements.
The fox is very cunning, but he is more cunning who catches the fox.
All just laws condemn cruelty.
A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel--she should marry.
They say that the best counsel is that of woman.
Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell.
A friar who asks alms for God's sake begs for two.
Speak no evil of women; I tell thee the meanest of them deserves respect; for of women do we not all come?
If a pretty woman only knew how anger improved her beauty! Her complexion needs no other paint than indignation.
What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?
Our treasures trifles seem, and all our life is dreaming, and the dreams themselves are dreams.
At the point when affection is not frenzy, it is not adore.