Quote #6

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 I left immediately for Flanders, having spent very little time there, and what is more, being still unmarried and without an heir, it is not surprising that there was scandal and disturbance.

More from Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

  1. I make war on the living, not on the dead.
  2. I could fit Paris in my Ghent.
  3. In my realm, the sun never sets. (Nunca se ponia el sol)
  4. I see that luck resembles women: it prefers a young king than an old emperor.
  5. Exterminate heresy, lest it take root and overturn the state and social order.
  6. Iron hand in a velvet glove.
  7. A man who knows four languages is worth four men.
  8. My life has been one long journey.

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