Miguel de Cervantes quotes - page 10

Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills. (Miguel de Cervantes)
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable. View quote
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True valor lies between cowardice and rashness. View quote
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The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. View quote
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'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged. View quote
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He preaches well that lives well. View quote
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To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action when there is more reason to fear than to hope. 'Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket. View quote
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Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him. View quote
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Facts are the enemy of truth. View quote
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It takes all sorts. View quote
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I was ever charitable and good to the poor, and scorn to take the bread out of another man's mouth. On the other side, by our Lady, they shall play me no foul play. I am an old cur at a crust, and can sleep dog-sleep when I list. (Miguel de Cervantes)
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. View quote
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No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve. View quote
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. View quote
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Let us forget and forgive injuries. View quote
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune. View quote
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The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death. View quote
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Three things too much, and three things too little are pernicious to man to speak much, and know little to spend much, and have little and to presume much, and be worth little. View quote
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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 or the sea conceals for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man. View quote
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A blot in thy escutcheon to all futurity. View quote
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There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it. (Miguel de Cervantes)
Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness. View quote
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases. View quote
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What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind? View quote
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Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good. View quote
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