Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.
Miguel de Cervantes
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Miguel de Cervantes
Age: 69 †
Born: 1547
Born: January 1
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Accountant
Author
Lyricist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Soldier
Tax Collector
Writer
Alcala de Henares
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
Great
Poet
Historian
Men
Works
Seldom
World
Talent
Poets
Whether
Production
Criticising
Others
Productions
Favoring
Ever
Escape
Historians
Without
Delight
Attacks
Take
Critics
Talents
More quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.
Miguel de Cervantes
She fights and vanquishes in me, and I live and breathe in her, and I have life and being.
Miguel de Cervantes
It takes all sorts (to make a world
Miguel de Cervantes
A good name is better than bags of gold.
Miguel de Cervantes
The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
Miguel de Cervantes
With life many things are remedied.
Miguel de Cervantes
Give the devil his due.
Miguel de Cervantes
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
Miguel de Cervantes
She wanted, with her fickleness, to make my destruction constant I want, by trying to destroy myself, to satisfy her desire.
Miguel de Cervantes
It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.
Miguel de Cervantes
The darts of love are blunted by maiden modesty.
Miguel de Cervantes
Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.
Miguel de Cervantes
Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.
Miguel de Cervantes
They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Troubles take wing for the man who can sing.
Miguel de Cervantes
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
Miguel de Cervantes
Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.
Miguel de Cervantes
Delay always breeds danger.
Miguel de Cervantes
In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
Miguel de Cervantes
Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.
Miguel de Cervantes
