Miguel de Cervantes
A Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language, author of Don Quixote.
Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
Facts are the enemy of truth.
When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too sane is madness itself. And maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
A man who is honest and good will always be a gentleman, even if he is a beggar.
Every man is the son of his own works.
The greatest madness a man can commit is to let himself die without being killed by anyone, or without being driven to it by any other cause than melancholy.
There are only two families in the world, the Haves and the Have-Nots.
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.
Too much sanity may be madness itself. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
He who reads much and walks much, sees much and knows much.
The truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.
A closed mouth catches no flies.
Patience, and shuffle the cards.
The greatest misfortune of all is to have been happy.
There is a remedy for everything except death.
The man who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it.
For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted long, good must now be close at hand.
Hunger is the best sauce.
It is not the fashion to see the lady, but to hear her.