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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

“Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty and beauty, birth and birth, are always odious and ill taken?.”

Knows Should Made Courage Taken Birth Worship Ill Wit Comparison

Book:The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha

Source: The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?”

Knows Seems Lying Madness Lunatic Madness And Sanity

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.”

Knows Care Chance Taken

Book:The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux

Source: The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux

“Since Don Quixote de la Mancha is a crazy fool and a madman, and since Sancho Panza, his squire, knows it, yet, for all that, serves and follows him, and hangs on these empty promises of his, there can be no doubt that he is more of a madman and a fool than his master.”

Knows Doubt Crazy Masters Fool Promise Empty No Doubt Madmen Squires Empty Promises

Book:The adventures of Don Quixote

Source: The adventures of 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

“All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.”

Knows Persons Enough Know How Handle Discretion Discreet

Book:Don Quixote de la Mancha

Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha

“It requires a long time to know anyone.”

Knows Long Long Time

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world”

Knows World Inspirational Difficult Lessons Self Awareness Personal Growth Self Knowledge Self Development Thyself Self Growth Know Thyself Personal Growth And Development Development And Growth Personal Knowledge

Book:The History Of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha

Source: The History Of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha

“I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.”

Ifs Knows May Choices Who I Am

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“All I know is that so long I am asleep I am rid of all fears and hopes and toils and glory, and long live the man who invented sleep, the cloak that covers all human thirst.”

Knows Men Humans Long Sleep Glory Thirst Toil Cloaks

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.”

Knows Wells Heart Too Much Heard Drink Blind Brave Fortune Patient Be Patient Knocking Brave Heart

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?”

Knows Men Mind Sex Riddle Battle Of The Sexes

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness ...Maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.”

Knows Should May Dream Seems Lying Madness Surrender Practicals Lunatic Madness And Sanity

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.”

Knows Men Littles Three Speak Too Much Three Things Pernicious

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“I know well enough that there have been dogs so loving that they have thrown themselves into the same grave with the dead bodies of their masters.”

Knows Wells Has Beens Enough Moments Body Friendship Dog Masters Graves Pet Thrown Stirring

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.”

Knows Men Food Cooking Culinary Salt

Book:The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha ...

Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha ...

“Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.”

Book:The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux

Source: The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux

“In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.”

Knows World Needs Action Fear Difficult Business Knowledge Cases Learning Clear Lessons Remedy Thyself Know Thyself

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frog's foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox.”

Knows World Difficult Business Learning Lessons Ambition Foolish Rivals Thyself Frogs Know Thyself Swelling

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote