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
hope sky wings
The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.
teeth diamond
A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.
drinking beer alcohol
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
military victory half
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
discipline literature praise
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
beauty mother children
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.
anger delay danger
Delay always breeds danger.
gold
All is not gold that glisters.
kings home thrones
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
honor battle wounds
The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away...
business causes cause-and-effect
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
innovation language adopted
By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.
leafs turns
I'll turn over a new leaf.
patience cards shuffle
Patience and shuffle the cards.