Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
—Lope de Vega
Topics: Advice
With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy.
—Lope de Vega
Topics: Gardening
Harmony is pure love, for love is complete agreement.
—Lope de Vega
Topics: One liners, Harmony
There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy.
—Lope de Vega
Topics: Glory, Jealousy, Envy
Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think.
—Lope de Vega
Topics: Regret, Remorse, Profit, Disappointment
Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins. At one time they may be carbuncle stones, then coals, then diamonds, then flint stones, then morning dew, then tears.
—Lope de Vega
Topics: Profit
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