"Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience." — Miguel de Cervantes
"Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience."
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Miguel de Cervantes
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314 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes has 314 quotes on this site.
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as…
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any…
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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the…
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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars;…
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From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
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Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses…
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn…
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In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.
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Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right…
— Charles Babbage
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Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to…
— Richard Bach
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We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal. We must see what conclusion…
— Alfred Adler
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I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.
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I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
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I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict…
— Emily Blunt
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I'm drawn to the path of least resistance.
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While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in…
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Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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