Nature Quotes by Cervantes

“[reading a work in translation] is like viewing a piece of Flemish tapestry on the wrong side.”

— Cervantes

“We have come to the church, Sancho.”

— Cervantes

“The road is always better than the inn.”

— Cervantes

“What makes thou there, thou fierce, thou cruel basilisk of these mountains! comes thou to see whether the wounds of this murdered wretch will…

— Cervantes

“Qui se humilliat exaltabitur”

— Cervantes

“I come not, Ambrosia for any of the purposes thou hast named," replied Marcela, "but to defend myself and to prove how unreasonable are…

— Cervantes

“By the Street of By and By you arrive at the House of Never”

— Cervantes

Hat which cost little is less valued.

— Cervantes

“Poetry is like an innocent young maiden who is extremely beautiful, and whom many other maidens, who are the other fields of knowledge, are…

— Cervantes

“He who sings scares away his woes.”

— Cervantes

“He always pays on the dot....especially if the coinage is madness.”

— Cervantes

“Art does not surpass nature but perfects it.”

— Cervantes