Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Fernando de Rojas

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Spanish author Fernando de Rojas.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Fernando de Rojas was a Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, La Celestina, first published in 1499. It is variously considered "the last work of the Spanish Middle Ages or the first work of the Spanish Renaissance".

Spanish - Author | Born: 1465

Source: Wikipedia

The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.

Fernando de Rojas

The use of riches is better than their possession.

Fernando de Rojas

O world, world when I was younger I thought there was some order governing you and your deeds. But now you seem to be a labyrinth of errors, a frightful desert, a den of wild beasts, a game in which men move in circles…a stony field, a meadow full of serpents, a flowering but barren orchard, a spring of cares, a river of tears, a sea of suffering, a vain hope.

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