![Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5077p57.jpg)
Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
74 quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
![Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5077p57.jpg)
![In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5107p26.jpg)
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about impossible, absurd, order
![A closed mouth catches no flies.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5069p1.jpg)
![A person dishonored is worst than dead.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5071p205.jpg)
![A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5073p265.jpg)
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.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5075p7.jpg)
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...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5079p24.jpg)
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...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5081p217.jpg)
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, ...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5083p169.jpg)
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, ...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5086p15.jpg)
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 God made him, ay, and often worse.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5087p21.jpg)
![Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5088p118.jpg)
Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about man
![Every man is the son of his own works.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5089p7.jpg)
![Fair and softly goes far.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5090p12.jpg)
![Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5091p259.jpg)
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
![For if he like a madman lived, At least he like a wise...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5093p7.jpg)
![Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5094p29.jpg)
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...](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5095p33.jpg)
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
![God bears with the wicked, but not forever.](/imgupl/quote-photostock/sm-5096p234.jpg)