Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor famous quotes

03-26-2025

I came, I saw, God conquered.
-- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

#Saws
To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.
-- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

#Heaven #Endeavor #Conscience
A single friar who goes counter to all Christianity for a thousand years must be wrong.
-- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

#Years #Christianity #Friars
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
-- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

#Power #Iron #Hands
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
I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
-- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

#Horse #War #Italian
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
Those who believe in ghosts always see them.
-- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

#Believe #Belief #Ghost
I make war on the living, not the dead.
-- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

#Military #War
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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