Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Francisco de Quevedo
Born: September 14, 1580
Died: September 8, 1645 (aged 64)
Bio: Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age.
Known for:
- Pablo de Segovia: el Buscón (1626)
- Los suenos
- Selected poetry of Francisco de Quevedo
- La hora de todos y la fortuna con seso
- Dreams and discourses