Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Quotes

• I came, I saw, God conquered.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Saws

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• I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Horse, War, Italian

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• How absurd to try to make two men think alike on matters of religion, when I cannot make two timepieces agree.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Men, Thinking, Two

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• A single friar who goes counter to all Christianity for a thousand years must be wrong.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Years, Christianity, Friars

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• Remember, the prince is like a mirror exposed to the eyes of all his subjects who continually look to him as a pattern on which to model themselves, and who in consequence without much trouble discover his vices and virtues.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Eye, Mirrors, Vices

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• Those who believe in ghosts always see them.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Believe, Belief, Ghost

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• I make war on the living, not the dead.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Military, War

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• Iron hand in a velvet glove.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Power, Hands, Iron

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• To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Heaven, Endeavor, Roman Emperor

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• My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Cousin, Perfect, Want

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