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Tirso de Molina Quotes

1583–1648 Spain

Gabriel Téllez (c. 24 March 1583 – c. 20 February 1648), also known as Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet, and Roman Catholic monk. He is primarily known for writing The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest, the play from which the character Don Juan originates.

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Through his honour
I conquered him, and always, with these peasants
They hold their honour in both hands, and look
To their own honour first. For honour
Was forced, by so much falsity and fraud,
To leave the city for the countryside.

El Burlador de Sevilla (1630)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tirso de Molina (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.