Miguel de Cervantes Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• That one man scorned and covered with scars
  Still strove with his last ounce of courage
  To reach the unreachable star.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspirational, Courage, Stars

  "Fictional character: Miguel de Cervantes". "Man of La Mancha", 1965.

• Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Son, Literature, Deeds

• He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

• Thou hast seen nothing yet.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Optimistic, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.158, Wordsworth Editions

• Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Mother, Perseverance, Men

  "Don Quixote de la Mancha". Book by Miguel de Cervantes, part II, book IV, chapter 38., 1605-1615.

• That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Women, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.114, Wordsworth Editions

• Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Self Esteem, Enemy, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.407, Wordsworth Editions

• 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

  Fear, Integrity, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1822). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha ...”, p.93

• 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

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.270, Wordsworth Editions

• It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Discipline, Literature, Praise

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1948). “The Living Thoughts of Cervantes”

• Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Lying, Literature, Cowardice

• Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Secret, Promise, Literature

• Every man is the son of his own works.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Son, Acceptance, Men

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.14

• Fair and softly goes far.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Compassion, Literature, Fairness

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”

• I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Sea, Water, Atheism

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.185, Collector's Library

• To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Wise, Running, Anxiety

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.253

• There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  War, Literature, Conflict

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.27

• A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Literature, World, Sin

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.214

• Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable

  Miguel de Cervantes

  4th Of July, Men, Honor

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1867). “Don Quixote”, p.562

• Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Cat, Play, Expectations

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”, p.222

• From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Reading, Sleep, Brain

• God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  God, Life And Love, Forever

  Miguel de Cervantes (2015). “Don Quixote (StoneHenge Classics): The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.618, StoneHenge Classics

• Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Sadness, Comfort, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”, p.242

• Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Truth, Oil, Broken

• Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Long, Literature, Sentences

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1857). “Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.356

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