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Famous Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
“The little birds have God for their caterer.”
“Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.”
“In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.”
“The ass bears the load, but not the overload.”
“Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.”
“When good luck knocks at the door, let him in and keep him there.”
“Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.”
“Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.”
“The absent feel and fear every ill.”
“It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.”
“All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.”
“Evil comes not amiss if it comes alone.”
“Let the worst come to the worst.”
“Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.”
“We must not stand upon trifles.”
“Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.”
“Wit and humor belong to genius alone.”
“There is no jewel in the world so valuable as a chaste and virtuous woman.”
“Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.”
“The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.”