Life Is A Dream
A source page for quotes linked to Pedro Calderon de la Barca.
“A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel - she should marry.”
“The fox is very cunning, but he is more cunning who catches the fox.”
“Grief has been compared to a hydra; for every one that dies, two are born.”
“All must yield to the weight of years; conquest is not difficult for time.”
“At the point when affection is not frenzy, it is not adore.”
“Our treasures trifles seem, and all our life is dreaming, and the dreams themselves are dreams.”
“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.”
“A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.”
“One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.”
“Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell.”
“Light-enchanted sunflower, thou Who gazest ever true and tender On the sun's revolving splendour.”