Quote of the day
On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser.
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







