Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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The eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.
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With life many things are remedied.
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Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.
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Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.
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All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.
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A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.
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That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.
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God who sends the wound sends the medicine.
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A silly remark can be made in Latin as well as in Spanish.
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I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.
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A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.
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Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.
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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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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.
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He who gives early gives twice.
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There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate, nor pain which death does not terminate.
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God who gives the wound gives the salve.
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The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
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Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
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Believe there are no limits but the sky.
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The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.
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All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
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It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.