Creative Quotations from Charles V (1500-1558)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Charles V
(1500-1558) born on Feb 24

Roman "emperorer, ruler". "He was Holy Roman emperor, 1519-56 and king of Spain (as Charles I, 1516-56), and archduke of Austria (as Charles I, 1519-21)."

I came, I saw, God conquered."

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

A single friar who goes counter to all Christianity for a thousand years must be wrong.

Name me an Emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

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

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Remark after the Battle of Muhlberg, 23 Apr 1547."
R:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
A:	"Remark, Diet of Worms, 19 Apr 1521."
N:	"Alleged remark, 23 April 1547, to his military commanders before the Battle of Mühlberg."
K:	"In "The Story of Civilization," by W. Durant, Vol. 5."