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
kings snakes devil
Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.
kings law frogs
Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
lovers absent
Everything disturbs an absent lover.
littles said
Little said is soon amended.
courage taken birth
Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty and beauty, birth and birth, are always odious and ill taken?.
food looks cheesecake
Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.
littles dine prudence
Dine on little, and sup on less.
buckets rope prudence
Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
fire frying-pans thai
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
lovers uneasy industrious
Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.
pain expect-nothing labor
They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes
helping god-help
God helps everyone with what is his own.
heart luck break
A stout heart breaks bad luck.
deeds urgent prompts
Urgent necessity prompts many to do things, at the very thoughts of which they perhaps would start at other times.