Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de 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...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth29 September 1547
CountrySpain
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.
women bears affront
Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
communication dark light
Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.
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.
humorous men made
Every man is as God made him, ay, and often worse.
blessing heaven liberty
Liberty ... is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.