Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

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• In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

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  Life And Love, Creativity, Impossible Things

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• There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.

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  Wisdom, Horse, Grandmother

  Miguel de Cervantes (2000). “Don Quixote”, p.758, Modern Library

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• He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

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  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

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• How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

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  Freedom, Doe, Know How

  Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote: Easyread Large Edition”, p.559, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Great people create great acts of kindness.

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  Motivational, Kindness, People

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

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Money

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1851). “The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.61

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• When we are asleep, we are all equal.

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  Equal

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• Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

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  Inspirational, Life, Hope

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• In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

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  Fear, Business, Learning

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• Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

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  Self Esteem, Enemy, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.407, Wordsworth Editions

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• That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

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  Women, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.114, Wordsworth Editions

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• Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

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  Men, Three, Littles

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• A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

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  Inspirational, Wisdom, Long

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• Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

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  Eye, Tongue, Caution

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• Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

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  Inspirational, Personal Knowledge, World

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.66

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• Where one door shuts another opens.

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  Opportunity, Doors, Another Opportunity

  Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.334, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• God who sends the wound sends the medicine.

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  Medicine, Nurse, Wounds

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1872). “Sancho Panza's Proverbs: And Others which Occur in Don Quixote”, p.17

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• Believe there are no limits but the sky.

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  Believe, Sky, Limits

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• Love not what you are but only what you may become.

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  Love, Vision, May

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• The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

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  Men, Battle, Half

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1998). “Don Quixote”, Random House Digital, Inc.

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• Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

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  Cat, Play, Expectations

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”, p.222

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• Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

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  Motivational, Victory, Kind

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• Until death it is all life.

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  Death

  Miguel De Cervantes (2015). “Don Quixote”, p.952, Xist Publishing

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• Give the devil his due.

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  Revenge, Giving, Devil

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.96, Wordsworth Editions

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• Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.

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  Knowing Who You Are, Knights, Monsters

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