Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.
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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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Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
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The absent feel and fear every ill.
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By God and upon my conscience, said the devil, I never observed it, for my mind is occupied with so many different things that I was forgetting the main thing I came about. This demon must be an honest fellow and a good Christian, said Sancho; for if he wasn't he wouldn't swear by God and his conscience; I feel sure now there must be good souls even in hell itself.
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Since Don Quixote de la Mancha is a crazy fool and a madman, and since Sancho Panza, his squire, knows it, yet, for all that, serves and follows him, and hangs on these empty promises of his, there can be no doubt that he is more of a madman and a fool than his master.
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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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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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One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.
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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
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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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Urgent necessity prompts many to do things, at the very thoughts of which they perhaps would start at other times.
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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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Comparisons are odious.
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Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
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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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Tomorrow will be a new day.
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Good Christians should never avenge injuries.
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A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.
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Roque...lined his men up and had them produce all the clothing, jewels, money, and other objects that they had stolen since the last time they had divided the spoils. Having made a hasty appraisal and reduced to terms of money those items that could not be divided, he split the whole into shares with such equity and exactitude that in not a single instance did he go beyond or fall short of a strict distributive justice. They were all well satisfied with the payment received, indeed they were quite well pleased; and Roque then turned to Don Quixote.
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Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.
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All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
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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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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.