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 cat coward
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
delay danger heed
Delay always heeds danger.
men wings trouble
Troubles take wing for the man who can sing.
spring evil deeds
Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.
thee contempt familiarity
I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.
followers folly comrade
Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion.
There is no proverb that is not true.
be-good
He who's never loved cannot be good.
house should
One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.
helping god-help
God helps everyone with what is his own.
love-is asking want
Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.
pain expect-nothing labor
They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes
wise madmen miscellaneous
For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.
change self names
Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.