Cervantes
Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra – 22 April 1616), was a Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists...
bows literature frailty
The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
literature giants looks
Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.
literature advantage servant
One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
fishing effort dry
There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
long knows long-time
It requires a long time to know anyone.
shoes i-can my-own
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
remembrance prove former
The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me.
world wind-in-the-willows miscellaneous
It takes all sorts (to make a world
taken care chance
I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.
journey suffering maps
Journey over all the universe in a map, without the expense and fatigue of traveling, without suffering the inconveniences of heat, cold, hunger, and thirst.
traitor treason please
The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.
pieces sides language
Translation from one language to another is like viewing a piece of tapestry on the wrong side where though the figures are distinguishable yet there are so many ends and threads that the beauty and exactness of the work is obscured.
wool gathering my-thoughts
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
christian vengeance injury
Good Christians should never avenge injuries.