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
house should
One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.
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.
spring evil deeds
Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.
desperate-measures desperate urges
Necessity urges desperate measures.
riches able flaws
Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.
stones ill pitcher
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.
understanding ignorant dominion
Be not under the dominion of thine own will; it is the vice of the ignorant, who vainly presume on their own understanding.
traitor treason please
Treason pleases, but not the traitor.
trifles
We must not stand upon trifles.
vanity handsome imagine
For let us women be never so ill-favored, I imagine that we are always delighted to hear ourselves called handsome.
may wealth masters
Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.
wit-and-humor genius wit
Wit and humor belong to genius alone.
worst
Let the worst come to the worst.