Part II, Ch. IV.
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Happy is he who is born to be a king, if, when he reigns, he shows he deserves to be one.
— Francisco de Quevedo
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Happy is he who is born to be a king, if, when he reigns, he shows he deserves to be one." in the context of "Part II, Ch. IV." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Francisco de Quevedo" (Quotes: Quotes reported in Thomas Benfield Harbottle and Martin Hume, Dictionary of quotations (Spanish) (New York: Swan Sonnenschein, 1907), Politica de Dios (1626))
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About Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, (14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era.
About Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, (14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era.
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