All Pedro Calderon de la Barca Quotes
- Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. Arise
- When love is not madness, it is not love. Best Love
- 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… All
- What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird? Beast
- A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need. Action
- 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… Arms
- One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it. Gain
- Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell. Fell
- 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… Awaken
- They say that the best counsel is that of woman. Advice
- For even in dreams a good deed is not lost. Deed
- A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel--she should marry. Counsel
- 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… Air
- All life is a dream, and all dreams are dreams. All
- 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… All
- In this treacherous world Nothing is the truth nor a lie. Everything depends on the color Of the crystal through which one sees it Color
- Dreams are rough copies of the waking soul Yet uncorrected of the higher will, So that men sometimes in their dreams confess An unsuspected, or… Akin
- For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. All
- Love that is not madness is not love. Love
- Love is all around you, love is there in you laughter, in your hair, love flows everywhere. Love is older than you but the light… All
- 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… All