It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity. Miguel de Cervantes More Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes More Quotes From Miguel de Cervantes When a man says, "Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?" there is no answer to be made. Miguel de Cervantes wifehousemen The ass bears the load, but not the overload. Miguel de Cervantes assexcessbears I would have nobody to control me; I would be absolute: and who but I? Now, he that is absolute can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure can be content; and he that can be content has no more to desire. So the matter 's over; and come what will come, I am satisfied. Miguel de Cervantes would-bematterdesire You cannot eat your cake and have your cake. Miguel de Cervantes have-your-cake-and-eat-it-toomiscellaneouscake Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy. Miguel de Cervantes remedyfortunedoors 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. Miguel de Cervantes increasepassionmind The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers. Miguel de Cervantes armysoldier The proof is in the pudding. Miguel de Cervantes proofpudding Good painter imitates nature, bad ones spews it up. Miguel de Cervantes painterhumorfunny There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle. Miguel de Cervantes horsegrandmotherwisdom If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes; for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all; it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not. Miguel de Cervantes envyactingblood 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. Miguel de Cervantes wisdommenfall 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. Miguel de Cervantes turkeysfoodmen We must not stand upon trifles. Miguel de Cervantes trifles He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay. Miguel de Cervantes shouldshould-havemay Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise. Miguel de Cervantes winesecretdrinking I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance. Miguel de Cervantes carechancetaken Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Miguel de Cervantes investment-successchocolate-eggseaster Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility. Miguel de Cervantes civilitycostcompliment Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others. Miguel de Cervantes delightmenworld
