Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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There is no proverb that is not true.
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The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it.
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There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently.
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Good Christians should never avenge injuries.
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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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Health and cheerfulness make beauty.
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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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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
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It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.
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When we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer.
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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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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
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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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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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At this the duchess, laughing all the while, said: "Sancho Panza is right in all he has said, and will be right in all he shall say.
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I do not insist," answered Don Quixote, "that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin.
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
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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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God who gives the wound gives the salve.
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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
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Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.
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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.
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The fear thou art in, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "prevents thee from seeing or hearing correctly, for one of the effects of fear is to derange the senses and make things appear different from what they are; if thou art in such fear, withdraw to one side and leave me to myself, for alone I suffice to bring victory to that side to which I shall give my aid;" and so saying he gave Rocinante the spur, and putting the lance in rest, shot down the slope like a thunderbolt.
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All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.