Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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Every production must resemble its author.
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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table, where one is fain to sit mincing and chewing his meat an hour together, drink little, be always wiping his fingers and his chops, and never dare to cough nor sneeze, though he has never so much a mind to it, nor do a many things which a body may do freely by one's self.
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"From what I have seen here," remarked Sancho, "justice is so good a thing that even robbers find it necessary."
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Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.
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In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.
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Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.
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Virtue is the truest nobility.
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I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laughing at. But it is not worth telling, for not everyone is sufficiently intelligent to be able to see things from the right point of view.
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I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.
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Where one door shuts another opens.
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But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.
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The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death.
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The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.
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Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.
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With life many things are remedied.
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The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.
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That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.
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When in doubt, lean to the side of mercy.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.
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Believe there are no limits but the sky.
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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all.