Miguel de Cervantes Quotes About Literature

• Ese hombre despreciado y cubierto de cicatrices
  Aún luchaba con su último gramo de coraje
  Para alcanzar la estrella inalcanzable.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspiración, Coraje, Estrellas

  "Personaje de ficción: Miguel de Cervantes". "El hombre de La Mancha", 1965.

• Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Son, Literature, Deeds

• El que pierde la riqueza pierde mucho; el que pierde un amigo pierde más; pero el que pierde su valor lo pierde todo.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspiración, Vida, Amistad

• Thou hast seen nothing yet.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Optimistic, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.158, Wordsworth Editions

• La diligencia es la madre de la buena fortuna, y la ociosidad, su opuesto, nunca llevó a un hombre a la meta de ninguno de sus mejores deseos.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Madre, Perseverancia, Hombres

  "Don Quijote de la Mancha". Libro de Miguel de Cervantes, parte II, libro IV, capítulo 38., 1605-1615.

• That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Women, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.114, Wordsworth Editions

• Nuestros mayores enemigos, y a quienes debemos combatir principalmente, están dentro.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Autoestima, Enemigo, Literatura

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). "Don Quijote", p.407, Ediciones Wordsworth

• Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Fear, Integrity, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1822). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha ...”, p.93

• For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspiración, Divertido, Graduación

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). "Don Quijote", p.270, Ediciones Wordsworth

• It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Discipline, Literature, Praise

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1948). “The Living Thoughts of Cervantes”

• Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Lying, Literature, Cowardice

• Bebe con moderación, pues la embriaguez ni guarda un secreto ni cumple una promesa.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Secret, Promise, Literature

• Every man is the son of his own works.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Son, Acceptance, Men

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.14

• Fair and softly goes far.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Compassion, Literature, Fairness

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”

• Siempre he oído, Sancho, que hacer el bien a los de abajo es como echar agua al mar.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Mar, Agua, Ateísmo

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). "Don Quijote", p.185, Biblioteca del Coleccionista

• 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

  Wise, Running, Anxiety

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.253

• There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  War, Literature, Conflict

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.27

• A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Literature, World, Sin

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.214

• La libertad, así como el honor, el hombre debe preservar a riesgo de su vida, porque sin ella la vida es insoportable

  Miguel de Cervantes

  4th Of July, Men, Honor

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1867). “Don Quixote”, p.562

• Quienes jueguen con gatos deben esperar que les arañen.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Cat, Play, Expectations

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”, p.222

• From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Reading, Sleep, Brain

• God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  God, Life And Love, Forever

  Miguel de Cervantes (2015). “Don Quixote (StoneHenge Classics): The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.618, StoneHenge Classics

• Es el único consuelo de los miserables tener compañeros en sus penas.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Sadness, Comfort, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”, p.242

• Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Truth, Oil, Broken

• Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Long, Literature, Sentences

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1857). “Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.356

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