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Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. A ... Read Full Quote
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. ... Read Full Quote
It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt ... Read Full Quote
I think it a very happy accident. ... Read Full Quote
I shall be as secret as the grave. ... Read Full Quote
Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great ... Read Full Quote
It is good to live and learn. ... Read Full Quote
It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for ... Read Full Quote
A good name is better than riches. ... Read Full Quote
Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone. ... Read Full Quote
I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is ... Read Full Quote
It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, ... Read Full Quote
I must follow him through thick and thin. ... Read Full Quote
As they use to say, spick and span new. ... Read Full Quote
A closed mouth catches no flies. ... Read Full Quote
A little in one's own pocket is better than much in ano ... Read Full Quote
A word to the wise is enough. ... Read Full Quote
An honest man's word is as good as his bond. ... Read Full Quote
God bears with the wicked, but not forever. ... Read Full Quote
I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt. ... Read Full Quote
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ... Read Full Quote
Which I have earned with the sweat of my brows. ... Read Full Quote
It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad ... Read Full Quote
Sympathy constitutes friendship but in love there is a ... Read Full Quote
Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remed ... Read Full Quote
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove wit ... Read Full Quote
Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things under ground, ... Read Full Quote
Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to ... Read Full Quote
You may as well expect pears from an elm. ... Read Full Quote
You cannot eat your cake and have your cake. ... Read Full Quote
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any mon ... Read Full Quote
Why do you lead me a wild-goose chase ... Read Full Quote
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have ... Read Full Quote
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome. ... Read Full Quote
When the head aches, all the members partake of the pai ... Read Full Quote
What a man has, so much he is sure of. ... Read Full Quote
Time ripens all things. No man is born wise. ... Read Full Quote
In the night all cats are gray. ... Read Full Quote
He has an oar in every man's boat, and a finger in ever ... Read Full Quote
He is as mad as a March hare. ... Read Full Quote
I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone t ... Read Full Quote
Within a stone's throw of it. ... Read Full Quote
My heart is wax moulded as she pleases, but enduring as ... Read Full Quote
All is not gold that glitters. ... Read Full Quote
Let every man look before he leaps. ... Read Full Quote
Let every man mind his own business. ... Read Full Quote
Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire or, out ... Read Full Quote
Let us make hay while the sun shines. ... Read Full Quote
Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heav ... Read Full Quote
Little said is soonest mended. ... Read Full Quote
The ass will carry his load, but not a double load ride ... Read Full Quote
There is a time for some things, and a time for all thi ... Read Full Quote
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves. ... Read Full Quote
I was so free with him as not to mince the matter. ... Read Full Quote
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the l ... Read Full Quote
Sing away sorrow, cast away care. ... Read Full Quote
Spare your breath to cool your porridge. ... Read Full Quote
Tell me thy company, and I will tell thee what thou art ... Read Full Quote
Love not what you are, but what you may become. ... Read Full Quote
'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes fli ... Read Full Quote
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. ... Read Full Quote
Building castles in the air, and making yourself a laug ... Read Full Quote
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most ... Read Full Quote
There are men that will make you books, and turn them l ... Read Full Quote
Delay always breeds danger. ... Read Full Quote
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. ... Read Full Quote
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and alway ... Read Full Quote
Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth ... Read Full Quote
As ill-luck would have it. ... Read Full Quote
They can expect nothing but their labour for their pain ... Read Full Quote
The more thou stir it, the worse it will be. ... Read Full Quote
Many count their chickens before they are hatched and w ... Read Full Quote
The pot calls the kettle black. ... Read Full Quote
There are only two families in the world, the Haves and ... Read Full Quote
There is a remedy for all things but death, which will ... Read Full Quote
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it shou ... Read Full Quote
There is no love lost between us. ... Read Full Quote
That's the nature of women not to love when we love the ... Read Full Quote
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is ... Read Full Quote
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. ... Read Full Quote
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched ... Read Full Quote
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward. ... Read Full Quote
The pen is the tongue of the mind. ... Read Full Quote
Never stand begging for that which you have the power t ... Read Full Quote
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great ... Read Full Quote
I say that good painters imitated nature but that bad o ... Read Full Quote
Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long. ... Read Full Quote