Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
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Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
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The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.
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Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
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Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.
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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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Seek for good, but expect evil.
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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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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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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.
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Dine on little, and sup on less.
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Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker.
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I know well enough that there have been dogs so loving that they have thrown themselves into the same grave with the dead bodies of their masters.
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They must needs go whom the Devil drives.
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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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Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued.
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By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.
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Until death it is all life.
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Fair and softly goes far.