Miguel de Cervantes Quotes - 9quotes.com

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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
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.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
To be prepared is half the victory.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
A person dishonored is worst than dead.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
He had a face like a blessing.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes
The eyes those silent tongues of love.
Written by Miguel de Cervantes

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