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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

“Roque...lined his men up and had them produce all the clothing, jewels, money, and other objects that they had stolen since the last time they had divided the spoils. Having made a hasty appraisal and reduced to terms of money those items that could not be divided, he split the whole into shares with such equity and exactitude that in not a single instance did he go beyond or fall short of a strict distributive justice. They were all well satisfied with the payment received, indeed they were quite well pleased; and Roque then turned to Don Quixote.”

“Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.”

Wells May Loses Wealth Masters Ill

Book:Spanish Salt: A Collection of All the Proverbs which are to be Found in Don Quixote

Source: Spanish Salt: A Collection of All the Proverbs which are to be Found in Don Quixote

“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

“Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.”

Wells Funny Death Dying All Things Lays Flats One Time Remedy

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“Bien predica quien bien vive. He preaches well who lives well.”

Life Wells Preacher

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable”

Men Wells Life Is Literature Liberty Ought Honor Preserves 4th Of July Hazards

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“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

“A silly remark can be made in Latin as well as in Spanish.”

Wells Made Language Silly Latin Remarks

Book:The Living Thoughts of Cervantes

Source: The Living Thoughts of Cervantes

“Well, now there's a remedy for everything except death.”

Wells Death Remedy

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Thou camest out of thy mother's belly without government, thou hast liv'd hitherto without government, and thou mayst be carried to thy long home without government, when it shall please the Lord. How many people in this world live without government, yet do well enough, and are well look'd upon?”

People World Wells Looks Long Enough Home Government Mother Lord This World Please Belly

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“"He preaches well that lives well," quoth Sancho, "that's all the divinity I can understand."”

Life Wells I Can Divinity

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“He preaches well that lives well”

Wells Preacher Preaching

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

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

“Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.”

Wells Women Bears Affront

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.”

Giving Wells Light Care Turns Easy Term Dark Study Clear Communication Periods Take Care Significant Chosen Decent Express Yourself Harmonious Truest Intricate

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote