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
'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell.
Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell.
For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
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.
All life is a dream, and all dreams are dreams.
Never confide your secrets to paper; it is like throwing a stone in the air; and if you know who throws the stone, you do not know where it may fall.
A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel--she should marry.
They say that the best counsel is that of woman.
And yet, and yet, in these our ghostly lives, Half night, half day, half sleeping, half awake, How if our waking life, like that of sleep, Be all a dream in that eternal life To which we wake not till we sleep in death
A friar who asks alms for God's sake begs for two.