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Famous Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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“Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.”
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“Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.”
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“Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued”
Source: Don Quixote: Top 100 Classic Novels
Source: Don Quixote of La Mancha (Full Text)/ Introductory analysis and literary poem by Atidem Aroha.
Source: Don Quixote: Easyread Large Edition
“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.”
“A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.”
Source: Don Quixote
“A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.”
Source: Don Quixote of La Mancha (Full Text)/ Introductory analysis and literary poem by Atidem Aroha.
“There is remedy for all things except death - Don Quixote De La Mancha”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha
Source: The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha
“He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is.”
“There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.”
“Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.”
Source: Don Quixote (StoneHenge Classics): The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
“What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?”
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“For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.”
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“The proof of the pudding is the eating.”
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
“Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.”
“Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.”
Source: The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha
Source: Don Quixote
“Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.”
Source: Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha
“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Source: The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux
“Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Miguel de Cervantes (Illustrated)
“It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.”
Source: The Living Thoughts of Cervantes