What is bought is cheaper than a gift. Miguel de Cervantes More Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes More Quotes From Miguel de Cervantes I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it. Miguel de Cervantes ends should should-have Honesty's the best policy. Miguel de Cervantes policy honesty Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last. Miguel de Cervantes regret bird years She who desires to see, desires also to be seen. Miguel de Cervantes desire But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back. Miguel de Cervantes wool ass gathering The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates. Miguel de Cervantes wise doe hands All of that is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but we cannot all be friars, and God brings His children to heaven by many paths: chivalry is a religion, and there are sainted knights in Glory.’ Yes,’ responded Sancho, ‘but I’ve heard that there are more friars in heaven than knights errant.’ That is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘because the number of religious is greater than the number of knights.’ There are many who are errant,’ said Sancho. Many,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but few who deserve to be called knights. Miguel de Cervantes knights religious children Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher. Miguel de Cervantes pitcher ill stones The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. Miguel de Cervantes bent bows literature A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket. Miguel de Cervantes trust wise men Man have to have friends even in hell. Miguel de Cervantes hell men Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do. Miguel de Cervantes home advice looks In hell there is no retention. Miguel de Cervantes retention hell He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind. Miguel de Cervantes judging mind father Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself. Miguel de Cervantes bread men heaven Jests that give pains are no jests. Miguel de Cervantes jest pain giving Historians ought to be precise, faithful, and unprejudiced; and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve from the way of truth. Miguel de Cervantes faithful hatred way Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water. Miguel de Cervantes It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain and some of our griefs . . . have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all. Miguel de Cervantes One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this. Miguel de Cervantes
