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Hernán Cortés

We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.

Hernán Cortés

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Hernán Cortés

The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean.

Hernán Cortés

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Hernán Cortés

The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.

Hernán Cortés

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Hernán Cortés

Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve.

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genius hernán cortés

Hernán Cortés

He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.

Hernán Cortés

genius hernán cortés

Hernán Cortés

Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.

Hernán Cortés

genius hernán cortés

Hernán Cortés

The city is as large as Seville or Cordova; its streets, I speak of the principal ones, are very wide and straight; some of these, and all the inferior ones, are half land and half water, and are navigated by canoes.

Hernán Cortés