Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de 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...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth29 September 1547
CountrySpain
forever missing literature
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
mean benefits literature
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
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.
sadness literature woe
Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.
bows literature frailty
The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
literature giants looks
Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.
literature advantage servant
One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
thinking poetry literature
Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
mother believe literature
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.
compassion literature fairness
Fair and softly goes far.
fear integrity literature
Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.
lying literature cowardice
Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
discipline literature praise
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.