"Three things too much, and three too little……" — Miguel de Cervantes
"Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little."
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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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More Know Little Quotes
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one of 35 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
— Francis Bacon
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A man can seem to have many friends yet know little of friendship.
— Clarence H. Burns
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Most academic economists know nothing of economy. In fact, they know little of anything.
— Edward Abbey
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Those who know about education have no power; those who have the power know little or nothing about education.
— Unknown Author
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It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone - that even the dullest man, in these bright days,…
— H. L. Mencken
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
— Zinedine Zidane
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Horror does not interest me, and so I know little of its practicioners, old or current
— William Peter Blatty
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Like this gas tank, you are overflowing with preconceptions, full of useless knowledge. You hold many facts and opinions, yet…
— Dan Millman
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We oft know little of who we were, only something of who we are, and nothing of who we may…
— Charlie Fletcher
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Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
— Rudyard Kipling
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When I tell people that I'm vegan, the first question asked is, 'How do you get enough protein?' This immediately…
— Robert Cheeke
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Those who would extirpate evil from the world know little of human nature. As well might punch be palatable without…
— James Boswell
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