Facts about Miguel de Cervantes
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Miguel 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.
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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"
"That which costs little is less valued"
"Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds"
"Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise"
"To be prepared is half the victory"
"The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part"
"The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation"
"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd"
"He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all"
"He had a face like a blessing"
"Fair and softly goes far"
"Every man is the son of his own works"
"Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes"
"Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice"
"Virtue is the truest nobility"
"Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water"
"That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not"
"Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills"
"Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish"
"It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it"
"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground"
"A closed mouth catches no flies"
"Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water"
"Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes"
"The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application"
"God bears with the wicked, but not forever"
"Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse"
"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"
"A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency"
"True valor lies between cowardice and rashness"
"Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be"
"The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity"
"Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience"
"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"
"Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory"
"The eyes those silent tongues of love"
"Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art"
"It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow"
"He preaches well that lives well"
"From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment"
"Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune"
"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience"
"A person dishonored is worst than dead"
"Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable"
"Jests that give pains are no jests"
"I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea"
"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"
"'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged"
"Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it"
"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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