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Other Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
- 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,…
- Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.
- Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains…
- One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.
- Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.
- I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us…
- Urgent necessity prompts many to do things, at the very thoughts of which they perhaps would start at other times.
- 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,…
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour