Miguel de Cervantes Quotes About Gold

Quotes about: Gold

• 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.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Wisdom, Horse, Grandmother

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

• A good name is better than bags of gold.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Names, Gold, Bags

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1866). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.508

• Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Kings, Snakes, Devil

• All is not gold that glisters.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Gold

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.342

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