Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.
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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.
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All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
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It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
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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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When in doubt, lean to the side of mercy.
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Comparisons are odious.
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Patience and shuffle the cards.
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Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.
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All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.
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There is no proverb that is not true.
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The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.
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Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.
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I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
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Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
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But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.
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Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.
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The virtuous woman must be treated like a relic - adored, but not handled; she should be guarded and prized, like a fine flower-garden, the beauty and fragrance of which the owner allows others to enjoy only at a distance, and through iron walls.
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The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frog's foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox.
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Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.
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By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.