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Miguel de Cervantes, a Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, was born on September 29, 1547, and died on April 22, 1616. He is best known for his masterpiece, 'Don Quixote,' which is considered a classic of Western literature and has had a profound impact on literature worldwide.

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Famous Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

“There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate, nor pain which death does not terminate.”

Doe Pain Remembrance Forgetfulness

Book:Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha

Source: Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha

“Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.”

Doe Devil Stiles

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.”

Ifs Knows Doe Know How Luck Complaining

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?”

Knows Doe Freedom Know How

Book:Don Quixote: Easyread Large Edition

Source: Don Quixote: Easyread Large Edition

“The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.”

Doe Hands Wise Tongue

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“There is no book so bad...that it does not have something good in it.”

Doe Book Spanish And English

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.”

Kind Doe Inspire Please Sight Affection All Kinds Inspire Love

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.”

Firsts Heart Doe Reason Love Is Kings Shame Possession Humble Consideration Restraint Palaces Lofty Shepherds Cabins

Book:The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha

Source: The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha

“A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he does not see his defects but considers them signs of charm and intelligence and recounts them to his friends as if they were clever and witty.”

Ifs Feels May Children Doe Eye Father Grace Witty Ugly Clever His Eyes Charm Lacking Defects Blindfolds Clever And Witty

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.”

May Doe Truth Literature Water Broken Oil Falsehood Broken Promises Truth And Falsehood

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.”

Inspirational Doe Truth Lying Water Hurt Honesty Bears Honor Oil Falsehood Alleviate Truth And Falsehood

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“One swallow alone does not make a summer.”

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

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

Men Doe Wise Trust Ethics Eggs Baskets

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.”

Doe Taken Wine Harm Moderation

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“No man is more than another unless he does more than another.”

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote