More Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.
He most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.
What is more dangerous than to become a poet? which is, as some say, an incurable and infectious disease.
He is most blessed who loves the most, the freest who is most enslaved by love,
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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.
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.
