Francisco Leiva

Francisco Leiva Ramírez de Arellano (1630 – 1676) was a dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. Quotes thumb|upright=1.25|In the lawyer's house, one enters for the same reason that dogs enter a church. Why is that? Because they find the door open. (Que) el ser malas las mujeres Es delito delos hombres. If women are bad the fault is that of men. El Socorro de los Mantos, act 1 — loq. Inés (tr. Harbottle and Hume, 1907) En casa del letrado Se entra por el caso mismo Que los perros en la iglesia. ¿Porque?    Porque hallan abierto. In the lawyer's house, one enters for the same reason that dogs enter a church. Why is that? Because they find the door open. La Dama Presidente, act 2 — loq. Octavio (tr. Harbottle and Hume, 1907) (Porque) en los que nobles nacen Es el mas leve defecto Mas culpable, cuando Los que deben dar ejemplo. For in the nobly born The slightest evil taint More heinous is, for they Should fair example set. La Dama Presidente, act 3 — loq. Angela (tr. Harbottle and Hume, 1907) i.e. Noblesse oblige (Que) nunca, sin que le pidan, Un hombre ha de dar consejo, Pues es presumir que sabe Mas, y aqueso sabe menos. Advice should never tendered be But given only by request. He claims who offers counsel free That he is wiser than the rest. Cuando no se aguarda, act 1 — loq. El Principe (tr. Harbottle and Hume, 1907) External links T. B. Harbottle and Martin Hume (eds.) Dictionary of Quotations: Spanish (Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd., 1907), pp. 114, 121, 131, 282 Category:1630 births Category:1676 deaths Category:Playwrights from Spain Category:People from Málaga