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Miguel de Cervantes
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Miguel de Cervantes
Age: 69 †
Born: 1547
Born: January 1
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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More quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
Miguel de Cervantes
Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.
Miguel de Cervantes
My honor is dearer to me than my life.
Miguel de Cervantes
History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.
Miguel de Cervantes
Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
Miguel de Cervantes
Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
Miguel de Cervantes
All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
Miguel de Cervantes
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
Miguel de Cervantes
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
Miguel de Cervantes
In hell there is no retention.
Miguel de Cervantes
Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.
Miguel de Cervantes
What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?
Miguel de Cervantes
Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
Miguel de Cervantes
Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.
Miguel de Cervantes
Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.
Miguel de Cervantes
Those two fatal words, Mine and Thine.
Miguel de Cervantes
Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.
Miguel de Cervantes
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
Miguel de Cervantes
I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.
Miguel de Cervantes
They who lose today may win tomorrow.
Miguel de Cervantes
