Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.
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A shy face is better than a forward heart.
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Man have to have friends even in hell.
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It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.
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The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
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The fear thou art in, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "prevents thee from seeing or hearing correctly, for one of the effects of fear is to derange the senses and make things appear different from what they are; if thou art in such fear, withdraw to one side and leave me to myself, for alone I suffice to bring victory to that side to which I shall give my aid;" and so saying he gave Rocinante the spur, and putting the lance in rest, shot down the slope like a thunderbolt.
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Until death it is all life.
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Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.
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Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a friend of solitude; fountains entertain her, meadows console her, woods free her from ennui, flowers delight her; in short, she gives pleasure and instruction to all with whom she communicates.
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Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.
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One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.
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Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time.
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Man appoints, and God disappoints.
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They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
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The absent feel and fear every ill.
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When a man says, "Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?" there is no answer to be made.
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There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things.
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Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
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Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.
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Whom God loves, his house is sweet to him.
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Many count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones.
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Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.
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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.