“Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.”
Source: The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux
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Famous Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
“God bears with the wicked, but not forever.”
Source: Don Quixote (StoneHenge Classics): The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
“Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.”
Source: The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux
“In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.”
Source: Don Quixote
“No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by C. Jarvis
“He had a face like a blessing.”
Source: Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part
“Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.”
Source: The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux
“Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha
Source: Don Quixote
“Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.”
Source: Don Quixote
“That which costs little is less valued.”
Source: 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; ...
Source: Don Quixote
“The eyes those silent tongues of love.”
Source: The History Of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
“Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.”
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha ...
“I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.”
Source: Don Quixote
“There's no taking trout with dry breeches.”
Source: Don Quijote de La Mancha / Don Quixote of La Mancha: edición bilingüe / bilingual edition - español / english
Source: Don Quixote
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha ...
“Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.”
Source: Don Quixote
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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
“Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.”
“The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.”
Source: Don Quixote
“There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.”
Source: The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha: With Illus. by Schoff
Source: Don Quixote
“When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.”
Source: The History Of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
“When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.”
Source: Don Quixote
Source: Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha
“He who sings frightens away his ills.”
Source: Sancho Panza's Proverbs: And Others which Occur in Don Quixote
“Experience is the universal mother of sciences.”
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha ...
“With life many things are remedied.”
Source: Sancho Panza's Proverbs: And Others which Occur in Don Quixote
“Bien predica quien bien vive. He preaches well who lives well.”
“There's no love lost between us.”
Source: The History Of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
“Digo, paciencia y barajar. What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards.”