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...
honesty heart hands
Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.
generosity credit cheaper
What is bought is cheaper than a gift.
cost compliment civility
Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.
sea water clemency
To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
bird littles
The little birds have God for their caterer.
bears excess ass
The ass bears the load, but not the overload.
gathering wool ass
But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.
should-have may should
He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
wall distance flower
The virtuous woman must be treated like a relic - adored, but not handled; she should be guarded and prized, like a fine flower-garden, the beauty and fragrance of which the owner allows others to enjoy only at a distance, and through iron walls.
blessed sleep men
Blessed be he who invented sleep, a cloak that covers all a man's thoughts.
devil crosses behinds
Behind the cross is the devil.
equal
When we are asleep, we are all equal.
funny humor painter
Good painter imitates nature, bad ones spews it up.
home advice looks
Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.