More from Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

  1. 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 …
  2. I see that luck resembles women: it prefers a young king than an old emperor.
  3. I make war on the living, not on the dead.
  4. Iron hand in a velvet glove.
  5. In my realm, the sun never sets. (Nunca se ponia el sol)
  6. My life has been one long journey.
  7. Exterminate heresy, lest it take root and overturn the state and social order.
  8. There are those who say that I wish to rule the world, but both my thoughts and my deeds demonstrate the contrary.

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