Charles V Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Charles V:

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I.
~Charles V


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To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.
~Charles V


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/charles-v-quotes/#139e7451

Iron hand in a velvet glove.
~Charles V


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/charles-v-quotes/#a30c0908

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.
~Charles V


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/charles-v-quotes/#e8ab1c52

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
~Charles V


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/charles-v-quotes/#20a3452a

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.
~Charles V


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/charles-v-quotes/#8038caf2

I came, I saw, God conquered.
~Charles V


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/charles-v-quotes/#e4afc63a

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