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Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 59: And st...

He who does not reflect in the inconstancy of fortune sleeps peacefully while surrounded by dangers; he does not know how to avoid the danger which threatens him, and there...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 58: Swallo...

He who lives amongst men will be irremediably vexed (i.e syringed). If he wants to avoid it he will have to go and live in the mountains, but when he...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 57: The fi...

Here is a question of fooling the fiancé by letting him see, through her pedigree, who were the parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents of the young lady.  And who is...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 56: To ris...

Fortune maltreats those who court her. Efforts to rise she rewards with hot air and those who have risen she punishes by downfall.  Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) - Plate 55: Until ...

She is quite right to make herself look pretty. It is her seventy-fifth birthday, and her little girl friends are coming to see her. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 54: The sh...

There are men whose faces are the most indecent parts of their whole bodies and it would be a good thing if those who have such unfortunate and ridiculous faces...