Miguel de Cervantes Quotes - Page 11

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• A person dishonored is worst than dead.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Honor, Literature, Worst

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• She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Desire

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• There is no jewel in the world so valuable as a chaste and virtuous woman.

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  Women, Jewels, World

  Miguel de CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (1819). “Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.100

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• It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.

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  Eggs, Results, Frying

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.210

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• By God and upon my conscience, said the devil, I never observed it, for my mind is occupied with so many different things that I was forgetting the main thing I came about. This demon must be an honest fellow and a good Christian, said Sancho; for if he wasn't he wouldn't swear by God and his conscience; I feel sure now there must be good souls even in hell itself.

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  Christian, Soul, Mind

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2013). “Don Quixote of La Mancha (Full Text)/ Introductory analysis and literary poem by Atidem Aroha.”, p.610, Alejandro's Libros

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• The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Veterans Day, Thinking, Feet

  Don Quixote (1605)

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• He that gives quickly gives twice.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Giving

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• Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.

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  Women, Bears, Affront

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1749). “Don Quixote”, p.241

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• A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he does not see his defects but considers them signs of charm and intelligence and recounts them to his friends as if they were clever and witty.

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  Witty, Children, Clever

  Miguel de Cervantes, Edith Grossman (2009). “Don Quixote”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Do not eat garlic or onions; for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.

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  Smell, Garlic, Onions

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1954). “Don Quixote”, London ; Montreal : Penguin Books

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• I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all.

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  Food, Men, Cooking

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.258

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• Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Luck, Ill, Knows

  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.190

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• For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  School, Army, Soldier

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1867). “Don Quixote”, p.225

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• For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

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  Wise, Madmen, Miscellaneous

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1848). “Don Quixote”, p.424

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• Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

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  Funny, Death, Dying

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.414, Wordsworth Editions

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• You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

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  Thinking, Bird, Advice

  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.124

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• Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do is this life is to let himself die.

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  Men, Long, Advice

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• Get out of harms way.

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  Advice, Way, Harm

  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.228

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• When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

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  Law, Literature, Pity

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.68

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• Digo, paciencia y barajar. What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards.

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  Patience, Cards, Shuffle

  Don Quixote pt. 2, ch. 23 (1605)

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• If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.

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  Knights, Climbing, Hands

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1851). “The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.235

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• Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

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  Fear, Should, Fine

  Miguel de Cervantes (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Miguel de Cervantes (Illustrated)”, p.1724, Delphi Classics

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• Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.

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  Evil, Captivity, Slavery

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• And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an alphabetical index, and without any farther ceremony, remove it verbatim into your own... there are fools enough to be thus drawn into an opinion of the work; at least, such a flourishing train of attendants will give your book a fashionable air, and recommend it for sale.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Nature, Book, Air

  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.12

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• True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.

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  Lying, Cowardice, Valor

  "Don Quixote de la Mancha".

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