Cervantes Saavedra
Cervantes Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra – 22 April 1616), was a Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists...
love
Love not what you are, but what you may become.
man
One man is no more than another if he does no more than another
families grandma
My grandma (rest her soul) used to say, ''there were but two families in the world, have-much and have-little.''
families mine
There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say: the haves and the have-nots.
case hate
I hate to keep things long in case they go mouldy from over-keeping.
art coward thou
Thou art a cat, and rat, and a coward to boot.
cowardice half lies true valor
True valor lies half way between cowardice and rashness.
looked ran thoughts
But my thoughts ran woolgathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.
birds year
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
noise saving tricks village
Oh, sir, sir, there are more tricks done in the village than make a noise - saving her ladyship's presence.
begging power stand
Never stand begging for what you have the power to earn.
son
Every one is the son of his own works.
deal god great
Every one is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.
giants
Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.