Hernando Cortes Quotes

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• So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the…
• They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us...
• Furthermore, they had calculated that if 25,000 of them died for every one of us, they would finish with us first, for they were many…
• It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before...
• The divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day…
• I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.
• An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed…
• The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.
• The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered…
• Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for…
• Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they…
• There are fully forty towers, which are lofty and well built, the largest of which has fifty steps leading to its main body, and is…
• He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.
• We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.
• There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that…

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