Miguel de Cervantes Quotes (33 quotations)
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1. A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. - Miguel de Cervantes
2. Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice. - Miguel de Cervantes
3. 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. - Miguel de Cervantes
4. Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long. - Miguel de Cervantes
5. Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. - Miguel de Cervantes
6. Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise. - Miguel de Cervantes
7. Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse. - Miguel de Cervantes
8. For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences. - Miguel de Cervantes
9. For if he like a madman lived, At least he like a wise one died. - Miguel de Cervantes
10. Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. - Miguel de Cervantes
11. Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds. - Miguel de Cervantes
12. I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. - Miguel de Cervantes
13. I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it. - Miguel de Cervantes
14. In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. - Miguel de Cervantes
15. Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable. - Miguel de Cervantes
16. Man have to have friends even in hell. - Miguel de Cervantes
17. Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. - Miguel de Cervantes
18. One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this. - Miguel de Cervantes
19. Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. - Miguel de Cervantes
20. Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches. - Miguel de Cervantes
21. Short sentences drawn from long experiences. - Miguel de Cervantes
22. Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills. - Miguel de Cervantes
23. Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are. - Miguel de Cervantes
24. That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. - Miguel de Cervantes
25. The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. - Miguel de Cervantes
2. Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice. - Miguel de Cervantes
3. 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. - Miguel de Cervantes
4. Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long. - Miguel de Cervantes
5. Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. - Miguel de Cervantes
6. Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise. - Miguel de Cervantes
7. Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse. - Miguel de Cervantes
8. For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences. - Miguel de Cervantes
9. For if he like a madman lived, At least he like a wise one died. - Miguel de Cervantes
10. Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. - Miguel de Cervantes
11. Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds. - Miguel de Cervantes
12. I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. - Miguel de Cervantes
13. I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it. - Miguel de Cervantes
14. In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. - Miguel de Cervantes
15. Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable. - Miguel de Cervantes
16. Man have to have friends even in hell. - Miguel de Cervantes
17. Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. - Miguel de Cervantes
18. One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this. - Miguel de Cervantes
19. Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. - Miguel de Cervantes
20. Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches. - Miguel de Cervantes
21. Short sentences drawn from long experiences. - Miguel de Cervantes
22. Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills. - Miguel de Cervantes
23. Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are. - Miguel de Cervantes
24. That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. - Miguel de Cervantes
25. The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. - Miguel de Cervantes
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