Juan de Castellanos

Juan de Castellanos (March 9, 1522 – November 1606) was a Spanish poet, soldier and Catholic priest who lived in the New Kingdom of Granada. As one of the early Spanish chroniclers he has contributed to the knowledge of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, mainly the Muisca

Quotes

  • En cosas, mayormente de mujeres,
    Jamas tuvo segura la balanza:
    Allí son mas inciertos los placeres,
    Y está mucho mas cierta la mudanza.
    • In matters touching women
      The scale is never sure.
      The pleasures are uncertain,
      But of change you are secure.
    • Varones Ilustres de Indias, pt. 1, eleg. 2, canto 2, l. 42 (tr. Harbottle and Hume, 1907)
  • T. B. Harbottle and Martin Hume (eds.) Dictionary of Quotations: Spanish (Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd., 1907), pp. 4, 6, 12, 23, 50, 70, 83, 89, 122, 126, 131, 157, 171, 172, 179, 188, 212, 232, 235, 239, 252, 268, 278, 279, 280, 299, 301, 321, 347, 348, 365, 366, 369, 370, 379
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