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Those who knowingly allow the King to err deserve the same punishment as traitors.

— Alfonso X of Castile

Los que dejan al rey errar a sabiendas, merecen pena como traidores.

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Quoted in Diccionario ilustrado de frases célebres y citas literarias (1952), by Vicente Vega.

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Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.

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