Miguel de Cervantes Quotes - Page 5

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

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  Son, Literature, Deeds

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• Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

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  Expectations, Great Expectations, Poor

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• Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.

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  Taken, Wine, Doe

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• Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

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  Generosity, Envy, Reign

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.450, Collector's Library

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• Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.

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  Love, Strong, Overcoming

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

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• A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.

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  Men, Pockets, Littles

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1822). “The achievements of the ingenious gentleman, don Quixote de la Mancha. A tr. based on that of P.A. Motteux, with the memoir and notes of J.G. Lockhart”, p.56

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• Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

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  Porridge, Miscellaneous, Breaths

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.96

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• A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.

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  Men, Honor

  Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (2011). “Don Quixote”, p.281, Penguin

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• It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.

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  Courage, War, Weapons

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• Necessity urges desperate measures.

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  Desperate Measures, Desperate, Urges

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1866). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.128

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• A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

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  Confianza, Sabios, Hombres

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• Where there's music there can be no evil.

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  El mal

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• Everything disturbs an absent lover.

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  Lovers, Absent

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.74, Wordsworth Editions

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• It is good to live and learn.

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  Life, Learning, Evil

  "Don Quixote de la Mancha". Book by Miguel de Cervantes, Part II, Book III, Ch. 32, 1615.

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• I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.

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  Thee, Contempt, Familiarity

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.116, Wordsworth Editions

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• Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.

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  Ignorance, Ignorant, Vulgar

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1818). “Don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. [by M. Smirke].”, p.184

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• Historians ought to be precise, faithful, and unprejudiced; and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve from the way of truth.

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  Hatred, Faithful, Way

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1809). “Don Quixote”, p.62

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• I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.

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  Who I Am, Choices, May

  "Don Quixote de La Mancha". Book by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1615.

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• No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

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  Hombres, Doe

  Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (2011). “Don Quixote”, p.148, Penguin

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• In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.

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  Envy, Reign, Virtue

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1749). “The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis Esq; ...”, p.441

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• That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.

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  Communication, Feelings, Capable

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• That which costs little is less valued.

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  Inspirational, Cost, Littles

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1749). “The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis Esq; ...”, p.331

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• Pensar que los asuntos de esta vida permanecen siempre en el mismo estado es una vana presunción; de hecho, todos parecen estar perpetuamente cambiando y moviéndose en un curso circular. A la primavera sigue el verano, al verano el otoño, al otoño el invierno, al que de nuevo sigue la primavera, y así el tiempo continúa su eterna ronda. Pero la vida del hombre corre siempre hacia su fin, más veloz que el tiempo mismo, sin esperanza de renovación, a no ser en el más allá que es ilimitado e infinito.

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  Summer, Spring, Moving

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• Let every man mind his own business.

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  Men, Mind, Sin

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.133, Wordsworth Editions

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• When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness ...Maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

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  Dream, Lying, May

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