Quotes By Miguel De Cervantes
There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
Miguel de Cervantes
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
Miguel de Cervantes
Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.
Miguel de Cervantes
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
Miguel de Cervantes
I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
Miguel de Cervantes
One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
Miguel de Cervantes
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
Miguel de Cervantes
The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
Miguel de Cervantes
Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
Miguel de Cervantes