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May Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
- Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
- Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
- 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…
- They who lose today may win tomorrow.
- The eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece....
- Too much sanity may be madness.
- Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.
- I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado or ceremony, than feed upon turkey…
- There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence,…
- I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.
- When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness…
- A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold…
- Love not what you are but only what you may become.
- If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is…
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- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong