Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
74 quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes - spanish novelist
Was born on 29 sep 1547.
Died on 23 apr 1616, at 68 years old.
Died on 23 apr 1616, at 68 years old.
Origin country: Spain
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about impossible, absurd, order
A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about sin, public, world
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about experience
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.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about fear, reason
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about danger
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about purpose, wealth, mother, good, good luck, man
Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about promise, drinking, secret
Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about man
Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about eyes, fear, things
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.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about hunger, weakness, heads, time, man
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about victory
From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about judgment, brain
