Cervantes
Cervantes
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...
art rome political
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
law literature pity
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
long literature sentences
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
vanity preserves
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.
long-distance-relationship wings distance-love
Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
blessing grace faces
He had a face like a blessing.
truth oil water
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
sadness literature woe
Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.
god life-and-love forever
God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
cat play expectations
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
grandmother two diversity
There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
inspirational littles cost
That which costs little is less valued.
success wise wealth
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
men doubt despair
There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.