Miguel de Cervantes quotes - page 8

In some village in La Mancha, whose name I do not care to recall, there dwelt not so long ago a gentleman of the type wont to keep an unused lance, an old shield, a skinny old horse, and a greyhound for racing. (Miguel de Cervantes)
It will grieve me so to the heart, that I shall cry my eyes out. View quote
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There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault. View quote
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I must follow him through thick and thin. View quote
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The ease of my burdens, the staff of my life. View quote
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It is not the hand but the understanding of a man that may be said to write. View quote
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Building castles in the air, 36 and making yourself a laughing-stock. View quote
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Now had Aurora displayed her mantle over the blushing skies, and dark night withdrawn her sable veil. View quote
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Let each man say what he chooses; if because of this I am criticized by the ignorant, I shall not be chastised by the learned. View quote
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There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. View quote
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Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason. (Miguel de Cervantes)
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences. View quote
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Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep. View quote
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Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes. View quote
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No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly. View quote
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One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves. View quote
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Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be. View quote
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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. View quote
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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. View quote
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it. View quote
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Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. (Miguel de Cervantes)
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. View quote
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God bears with the wicked, but not forever. View quote
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Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches. View quote
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Time ripens all things; no man is born wise. View quote
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