Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Spain
29 Sep 1547 // 22 Apr 1616
Novelist / Poet / Playwright
29 Sep 1547 // 22 Apr 1616
Novelist / Poet / Playwright
Quotes
<< Prev Next >>
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water
True valor lies between cowardice and rashness
Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be
To be prepared is half the victory
Time ripens all things; no man is born wise
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched
There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part
Search
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays