Quote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Whether thus adorned she would have been beautiful or not, and what she must have been in her prosperity, may be imagined from the…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“To give expression to humour, and write in a strain of graceful pleasantry, is the gift of great geniuses. The cleverest character in comedy…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Rocinante felt the desire to pleasure himself with the ladies, and as soon as he picked up their scent he abandoned his natural ways…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“If all, or almost all, the plays that are popular now, imaginative works as well as historical ones, are known to be nonsense and…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“his wits being quite gone, he hit upon the strangest notion that ever madman in this world hit upon, and that was that he…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“he who does not know how to take advantage of luck when it comes to him, has no right to complain if it gives…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Ésa es natural condición de mujeres -dijo don Quijote-: desdeñar a quien las quiere y amar a quien las aborrece. Pasa adelante, Sancho.”

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Puede haber amor sin celos, pero no sin temores. ”

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“…que hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“But what made him still more fortunate, as he said himself, was having a daughter of such exceeding beauty, rare intelligence, gracefulness, and virtue,…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra