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Facts about Miguel de Cervantes SummaryMiguel de Cervantes was a famous Novelist from Spain, who lived between September 29, 1547 and April 23, 1616.Zodiac etc.He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection. Our collection contains 51 quotes who is written / told by Miguel, under the main topics: Design, Graduation.Related authors: Alejo Carpentier Famous quotes by Miguel de Cervantes (51)  "Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water"
"To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope"
"The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part"
"He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all"
"Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes"
"Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water"
"The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application"
"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"
"Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be"
"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"
"It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow"
"From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment"
"Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable"
"I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences"
"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"
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