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
kindness able great-person
Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
kings home thrones
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
guidance standards comparison
Comparisons are odious.
knowing-who-you-are knights monsters
Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.
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.
lovers uneasy industrious
Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.
helping god-help
God helps everyone with what is his own.
followers folly comrade
Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion.
desperate-measures desperate urges
Necessity urges desperate measures.
traitor treason please
Treason pleases, but not the traitor.
wit-and-humor genius wit
Wit and humor belong to genius alone.
drinking wine secret
Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.