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...
effect eye heart
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases; what the eye ne'er sees, the heart ne'er rues
eggs himself man venture wise
It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
judge proof pudding sample small
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.
begins ends fourth lightning love runs sets third tis turns walks wounds
Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame: it wounds one, another it kills: like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment: it makes
born man ripens time
Time ripens all thing. No man is born wise.
eggs himself man tis today venture wise
Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.
eat friends-or-friendship knows man salt
A man must eat a peck of salt with his friend, before he knows him.
card few lost
As much is lost by a card too many as a card too few
artful
The most artful part in a play,may is the fool's
advice fool
A woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool
control nobody pleasure
And the first thing I would do in my government, I would have nobody to control me, I would be absolute; and who but I: now, he that is absolute, can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes, can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure
bad hanged house judgment man speak
It is bad judgment to speak of halters in the house of a man who was hanged
understanding
It is not the hand, but the understanding of a man, that may be said to write
actions deeds ennoble good sons
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds