Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Spain
29 Sep 1547 // 22 Apr 1616
Novelist / Poet / Playwright
29 Sep 1547 // 22 Apr 1616
Novelist / Poet / Playwright
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Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable
Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish
Jests that give pains are no jests
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds
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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."
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Essays