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Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Spain’s Baroque dramatist, shaped the country’s Golden Age with poetic intensity and philosophical depth. His plays—like Life Is a Dream—explore fate, free will, and the human spirit through compelling characters and rich verse. Calderon’s unflinching reflections on moral complexity and spiritual yearning continue to resonate, reminding artists and thinkers that storytelling can probe profound truths. His legacy encourages creators to blend beauty with meaning in service of universal insight.
"When love is not madness, it is not love."
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"When love is not madness, it is not love."

Love, Madness
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"For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams."
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"For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams."

Dream, Dreams, Life
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"Love that is not madness is not love."
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"Love that is not madness is not love."

Love, Madness
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"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."
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"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."

Dawn, Evening, Flowers, Night
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"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."
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"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."

Time, Truth, Dream, Friends
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"'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell."
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"'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell."

Lie, Heaven, Hell, Loss
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"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises."
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"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises."

World,
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"What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?"
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"What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?"

God, Fish, Law, Reason
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"One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it."
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"One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it."

Victory, Gain, May
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"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."
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"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."

Dream, Dreams, Life, Illusion, Madness
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"For even in dreams a good deed is not lost."
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"For even in dreams a good deed is not lost."

Dream, Dreams, Deed
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