Miguel de Cervantes

Literature Spanish 1547 – 1616 96 quotes

A Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language, author of Don Quixote.

Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

Delay is the antidote for anger.

Don Quixote 1605

Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.

Don Quixote 1605

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Don Quixote 1605

Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.

Don Quixote 1605

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to make a bow.

Don Quixote 1605

Where there's music, there can be no evil.

Don Quixote 1605

There is no book so bad but some good may be got out of it.

Don Quixote 1605

The road is always better than the inn.

Don Quixote 1605

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don Quixote 1605

The greatest beauty is that of the soul.

Don Quixote 1605

It is a sign of a great mind to be able to bear with patience the reproofs of others.

Don Quixote 1605

He who is not busy being born is busy dying.

Don Quixote 1605

The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.

Don Quixote 1605

To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear with unbearable sorrow, to run where the brave dare not go.

Don Quixote 1605

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Don Quixote 1605

The man who has a good wife, has a good life.

Don Quixote 1605

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Don Quixote 1605

The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves.

Don Quixote 1605

There is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool.

Don Quixote 1605

The best way to say something is to say it.

Don Quixote 1605