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He soon retires (i.e., into a cloister) who finds religion late.

— Mateo Alemán Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)

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Even as there is no virtue which is wanting to the busy man, so there is no vice which does not bear the idle company.

Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)

Idleness is the open field of perdition, well tilled and sown with evil thoughts.

Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)

The doctor begins where the apothecary ends, and the clergyman where the doctor ends.

Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)

It is the treason that finds favour, and not the traitor who is guilty of it.

Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)

An unsatisfactory agreement is less harmful than a successful lawsuit.

Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)

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