64 quotes
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
“There is remedy for all things except death - Don Quixote De La Mancha”
"Anyone who is ignorant, even a lord and prince, can and should be counted as one of the mob."
on Philosophy
"...in the worst of circumstances, the hypocrite who pretends to be good does less harm than the public sinner."
"All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections."
on Love
"He who sings scares away his woes."
on Joy
"After the gratifications of brutish appetites are past, the greatest pleasure then is to get rid of that which entertained it."
on Life
"El que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho."
on Wisdom
"Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred."
on Relationships
"Diligence is the mother of good fortune."
"It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it."
on Discipline
"A Man Without Honoris Worse than Dead."
"The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works."
on Courage
"Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."~ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ~"
on Truth
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
"A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket."
"Take away the cause and the effect ceases."
