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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

“You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.”

World Kind Hands Turns Ability Devil

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

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

Doe Hands Wise Tongue

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in Hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention, which is the cause that very often a cowardly base hand takes away the life of the bravest gentleman.”

Hands Age Causes Hell Blessed Instruments Rewards Stranger Invention Satisfied Gentleman Receiving Fury Inventor Cursed Cowardly Artillery Devilish

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.”

Mind Heart Hands Feet Honesty Policy Sticks Fellowship Governing Honesty Is The Best Policy

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.”

Long Hands Lasts Evil Long Time

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.”

Ifs Way May Hands Difficult Path Fame Raises Track Temples Climbing Ambitious Thrones Summit Knights Inaccessible Narrow Path Climbing Up

Book:The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha

Source: The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha

“Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.”

Men Hands Earth Evil Heaven Freedom Liberty Our Lives Risk Sea Ought Honor Treasure Compare Captivity Precious Gifts

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must be now nigh at hand.”

Long Hands Lasts Evil Forever Impossible Goodness

Book:Don Quixote of La Mancha

Source: Don Quixote of La Mancha

“But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.”

Giving Writing Use Hands Lawyer Satan Clerks

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote