More from Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

  1. A man who knows four languages is worth four men.
  2. Exterminate heresy, lest it take root and overturn the state and social order.
  3. In my realm, the sun never sets. (Nunca se ponia el sol)
  4. I make war on the living, not on the dead.
  5. I was managed and governed by M. de Chievres, and I was not old enough to know these Kingdoms or experienced enough to govern them. And as …
  6. I could fit Paris in my Ghent.
  7. I see that luck resembles women: it prefers a young king than an old emperor.
  8. Iron hand in a velvet glove.

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