More Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
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.
What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?
The fault lies not with the mob, who demands nonsense, but with those who do not know how to produce anything else.
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.
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
