The poet may say or sing, not as things were, but as they ought to have been; but the historian must pen… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Historians ought to be precise, faithful, and unprejudiced; and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve from the… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
We ought to love our Maker for His own sake, without either hope of good or fear of pain. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
“So it appears to me, for when he could and should have wielded his pen to praise the virtues of so good a knight,… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
“Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!” — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
I follow a more easy, and, in my opinion, a wiser course, namely--to inveigh against the levity of the female sex, their fickleness, their… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
