Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. – Pedro Calderon de la Barca
But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth’s sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken. – Pedro Calderon de la Barca
What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird? – Pedro Calderon de la Barca
A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer’s need. – Pedro Calderon de la Barca
These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night’s arms. – Pedro Calderon de la Barca
‘Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven’s the greatest pain in hell. – Pedro Calderon de la Barca
What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. – Pedro Calderon de la Barca
