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More Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
The fault lies not with the mob, who demands nonsense, but with those who do not know how to produce anything else.
He most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.
Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do in this life is to let himself die.
Consider, that no jewel upon earth is comparable to a woman of virtue and honor; and, that the honor of the sex consists in the fair characters they maintain.
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.
The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.
