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
made
We are all as God made us and frequently much worse.
reading sleep brain
From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
success wise wealth
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
love-is men two
There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently.
hilarious complaining classic
The reason for the unreason with which you treat my reason , so weakens my reason that with reason I complain of your beauty.
pain members ache
When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain.
witty inspiration humorous
Facts are the enemy of truth.
forever missing literature
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
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.
discipline bars padlocks
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
fishing effort dry
There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
long knows long-time
It requires a long time to know anyone.