‘Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven’s the greatest pain in hell.
About Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Pedro Calderon de la Barca(UK: , US: ; Spanish: [‘pedro kalde’ron de la ‘barka]; full name: Pedro Calderon de la Barca y Barreda Gonzalez de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riano) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished poets and writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for the many verse dramas he wrote for the theatre.
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For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
When love is not madness, it is not love.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
Love that is not madness is not love.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth’s sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
‘Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven’s the greatest pain in hell.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night’s arms.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)