“A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.”
Source: 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
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“The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me.”
Source: Don Quixote
Source: 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
“Can we ever have too much of a good thing?”
Source: Don Quixote
“Sing away sorrow, cast away care.”
Source: The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote
“I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth.”
Source: 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
“It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Let every man look before he leaps.”
Source: Don Quixote
“What a man has, so much he is sure of.”
Source: The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha,2: Being an Accurate, Complete, and Most Entertaining Narrative of the Wonderful Atchievements of that Incomparable Hero and Knight-errant ...
“It takes all sorts (to make a world”
Source: Exemplary Stories
“I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.”
Source: The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux
“Spare your breath to cool your porridge.”
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha
Source: The History Of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
Source: The adventures of Don Quixote
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha
“El pan comido y la compan? |a deshecha. With the bread eaten, the company breaks up.”
“My memory is so bad that many times I forget my own name.”
Source: The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux
“Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire; or, out of God's blessing into the warm sun.”
“Let every man mind his own business.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Those two fatal words, Mine and Thine.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Let us make hay while the sun shines.”
Source: Don Quixote
“My honor is dearer to me than my life.”
Source: The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha
Source: Don Quixote
Source: Don Quixote
Source: Don Quixote
Source: Don Quixote
“Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Soul of fibre and heart of oak.”
Source: Sancho Panza's Proverbs: And Others which Occur in Don Quixote
“It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.”
Source: 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
Source: 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
Source: Don Quixote
Source: Don Quixote
“How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?”
Source: Don Quixote: Easyread Large Edition
“Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.”
Source: Don Quixote
“You cannot eat your cake and have your cake.”
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha
“Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.”
Source: 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
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote
“He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha
“Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.”