A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!. Miguel de Cervantes More Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes More Quotes From Miguel de Cervantes "From what I have seen here," remarked Sancho, "justice is so good a thing that even robbers find it necessary." Miguel de Cervantes economypoliticsjustice It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket. Miguel de Cervantes wisdomwisemen Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him. Miguel de Cervantes luckcomplainingdoe For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences. Miguel de Cervantes graduationinspirationalfunny Patience and shuffle the cards. Miguel de Cervantes advicepatiencecards 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. Miguel de Cervantes crazydoubtpromise Believe there are no limits but the sky. Miguel de Cervantes limitsskybelieve Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. Miguel de Cervantes victoryhalfmilitary There is no jewel in the world so valuable as a chaste and virtuous woman. Miguel de Cervantes womenjewelsworld Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes. Miguel de Cervantes snakesdevilkings She wanted, with her fickleness, to make my destruction constant; I want, by trying to destroy myself, to satisfy her desire. Miguel de Cervantes wantdesiretrying Experience is the universal mother of sciences. Miguel de Cervantes universalexperiencemother One day, in the San Francisco walk, he came upon some badly painted figures and observed that good painters imitate nature but bad ones vomit it forth. Miguel de Cervantes painterpaintingart Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason. Miguel de Cervantes literaturefearintegrity Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good. Miguel de Cervantes wickedvirtuewisdom The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part. Miguel de Cervantes playcharacterfunny Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other. Miguel de Cervantes policylovewar There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently. Miguel de Cervantes love-ismentwo 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. Miguel de Cervantes honestyhearthands There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots. Miguel de Cervantes diversitygrandmothertwo
