Miguel de CervantesNo fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1825). T… ▶372LifeThought
Miguel de CervantesThe fear thou art in, Sancho, said Don Quixote, prevents thee from seeing or hearing correctly, for one of the effects of fear is to derange the senses and make things appear diff… ▶372Love
Miguel de CervantesHe who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is.372Love
Miguel de CervantesThou hast seen nothing yet. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). Don Quixote, p.158, Wordsworth Editions361Humor
Miguel de CervantesDon't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Miguel de Cervantes (Illustrated), p.1724, Delp… ▶361Love
Miguel de CervantesLove and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1855). The History of Don Quixote de … ▶372Love
Miguel de CervantesUrgent necessity prompts many to do things. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha, p.229351Politics
Miguel de CervantesAt this the duchess, laughing all the while, said: Sancho Panza is right in all he has said, and will be right in all he shall say.351Humor
Miguel de CervantesWhat man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?362Thought
Miguel de CervantesHunger is the best sauce in the world. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1733). The history of the valorous and witty knight-errant don Quixote of the Mancha. Tr. by mr. Shelt… ▶373Time
Miguel de CervantesMake it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frog's foolish ambition of swelling to riv… ▶373Hope
Miguel de CervantesOne of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are. ✨ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (1976). The Portable Cervantes, p.121… ▶353Philosophy
Miguel de CervantesAs ill-luck would have it. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1733). The history of the valorous and witty knight-errant don Quixote of the Mancha. Tr. by mr. Shelton, and mr. … ▶353Truth
Miguel de CervantesThere were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.375Love
Miguel de CervantesThe pen is the language of the soul; as the concepts that in it are generated, such will be its writings.331Humanity
Miguel de CervantesFair and softly goes far. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ… ▶364Thought
Miguel de CervantesIn order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.353Sadness
Miguel de CervantesIll-luck, you know, seldom comes alone. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several h… ▶331Reflection
Miguel de CervantesGreat persons are able to do great kindnesses. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha, p.335354Hope
Miguel de CervantesWhere envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). Don Quixote, p.450, Collector's Library376Thought
Miguel de CervantesA bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!.332Humanity
Miguel de CervantesLove is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins… ▶376DeathLoveReflection
Miguel de CervantesModesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.343Thought
Miguel de CervantesNor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.321DeathLife
Miguel de CervantesA good name is better than bags of gold. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1866). Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha, p.508344Sadness
Miguel de CervantesThe cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2013). Don Quixote of La M… ▶333HumanityHumor
Miguel de CervantesBut do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). Don Quixote, p.214,… ▶333Politics
Miguel de CervantesWhen life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness ...Maddest of all is to see life… ▶322Life
Miguel de CervantesHer father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve. ✨ The Life and Exploits of Don … ▶333Life
Miguel de CervantesIt seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). Don Quixote, p.295, Wor… ▶311Sadness
