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
followers folly comrade
Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion.
thee contempt familiarity
I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.
desperate-measures desperate urges
Necessity urges desperate measures.
traitor treason please
Treason pleases, but not the traitor.
trifles
We must not stand upon trifles.
wit-and-humor genius wit
Wit and humor belong to genius alone.
equality world earth
When we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer.
senior regret dirty
Reading Don Quixote can be compared to an indefinite visit from your most impossible senior relative, with all his pranks, dirty habits, unstoppable reminiscences, and terrible cronies. When the experience is over, and the old boy checks out at last (on page 846 - the prose wedged tight, with no breaks for dialogue), you will shed tears all right; not tears of relief or regret but tears of pride. You made it, despite all that 'Don Quixote' could do.
drinking wine secret
Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.
equal
When we are asleep, we are all equal.
mirrors shining may
The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
pudding proof
The proof is in the pudding.
gathering wool ass
But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.
generosity credit cheaper
What is bought is cheaper than a gift.