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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

“I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man?s table, where one is fain to sit mincing and chewing his meat an hour together, drink little, be always wiping his fingers and his chops, and never dare to cough nor sneeze, though he has never so much a mind to it, nor do a many things which a body may do freely by one?s self.”

Men Mind May Littles Self Body Together Hours Drink Tables Fingers Dare Corners Bread Meat Brown Ceremony Turkeys Another Man Onions Chewing

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Let every man mind his own business.”

Men Mind Sin Every Man Own Business

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind.”

Mind Father Easy Judging Judgment Court

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it.”

Mind Passion Seasons Increase Accidents Diminish

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“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

“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

“Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.”

Mind Wit Wit And Humor

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“The pen is the tongue of the mind.”

Writing Mind Teacher Tongue Pens Authorship

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind.”

Thinking Writing Mind Children Self Mother Father Stronger Ugly Deceit Offspring

Book:The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

Source: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

“By God and upon my conscience, said the devil, I never observed it, for my mind is occupied with so many different things that I was forgetting the main thing I came about. This demon must be an honest fellow and a good Christian, said Sancho; for if he wasn't he wouldn't swear by God and his conscience; I feel sure now there must be good souls even in hell itself.”

Source: Don Quixote of La Mancha (Full Text)/ Introductory analysis and literary poem by Atidem Aroha.

“Don Quixote followed nature, and being satisfied with his first sleep, did not solicit more. As for Sancho, he never wanted a second, for the first lasted him from night to morning, indicating a sound body and a mind free from care; but his master, being unable to sleep himself awakened him, saying, "I am amazed, Sancho, at the torpor of thy soul; it seems as if thou wert made of marble or brass, insensible of emotion or sentiment!”

Source: Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha