More from Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

  1. I could fit Paris in my Ghent.
  2. Iron hand in a velvet glove.
  3. 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 …
  4. My life has been one long journey.
  5. I make war on the living, not on the dead.
  6. There are those who say that I wish to rule the world, but both my thoughts and my deeds demonstrate the contrary.
  7. In my realm, the sun never sets. (Nunca se ponia el sol)
  8. I speak Spanish to God, Italian to Women, French to Men, and German to my Horse.

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