Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes, page 3
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
Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about pray, things
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about experience
Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about things
That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about love, nature
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about wealth
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about proudness, vanity, knowledge
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about comedy, character
There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about old, olderness, world
There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about real estate, charm, sadness, death, man, good, good luck
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.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about humor, ideal
There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about despair, world, man
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.
Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about wealth, war, nothing
