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...
cowardice half lies true valor
True valor lies half way between cowardice and rashness.
understanding
It is not the hand, but the understanding of a man, that may be said to write
bad hanged house judgment man speak
It is bad judgment to speak of halters in the house of a man who was hanged
love nature women
That's the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.
complain enjoy luck passes
Who doesn't know how to enjoy luck when it comes, should not complain when it passes him by
came lived
Without a governorship you came out of your mother's womb, without a governorship you've lived to this day, and without a governorship you'll go - or they'll take you - to the grave.
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.
capable characters nine peers twelve
I know who I am, and I know too that I am capable of being not only the characters I have named, but all the Twelve Peers of France, and all the Nine Worthies as well.
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.
effect eye heart
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases; what the eye ne'er sees, the heart ne'er rues