All Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
- Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds. Action
- Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. Begging
- Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be. 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. Any
- 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,… Attain
- 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
- From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment. Brain
- Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. Forearmed
- He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. All
- A closed mouth catches no flies. Catches
- Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water. Falsehood
- It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it. Brainy
- Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. Cat
- God bears with the wicked, but not forever. Bears
- A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. Based
- Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes. Comfort
- Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. Always Gets
- In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. Absurd
- Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. Arrived
- Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. Alleviate
- No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly. Beauty
- He had a face like a blessing. Blessing
- Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise. Drink
- Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches. Absence
- The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. From