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
evil slavery captivity
Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.
truth oil water
Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
knights mad causes
A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause
women
That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.
bad-years months world
A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!...
guidance standards comparison
Comparisons are odious.
heart eating stomach
The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.
expectations great-expectations poor
Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
luck complaining doe
Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
broken fountain results
The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.
sin motive
Take away the motive, and you take away the sin.
shining sun hay
Let us make hay while the sun shines.
littles accumulation
Many littles make a much.
honor
My honor is dearer to me than my life.