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
Miguel de Cervantes quotes about
glowing brain sun
And thus being totally preoccupied, he rode so slowly that the sun was soon glowing with such intense heat that it would have melted his brains, if he'd had any.
heart endure please
My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
grandmother two diversity
There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
long literature sentences
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
vanity preserves
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.
long-distance-relationship wings distance-love
Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
blessing grace faces
He had a face like a blessing.
truth oil water
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
sadness literature woe
Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.
wall distance flower
The virtuous woman must be treated like a relic - adored, but not handled; she should be guarded and prized, like a fine flower-garden, the beauty and fragrance of which the owner allows others to enjoy only at a distance, and through iron walls.
should-have may should
He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
god life-and-love forever
God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
cat play expectations
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
be-good
He who's never loved cannot be good.