Quotes by Cervantes

154 quotes found

Writer · Spanish · 1547–1616

Spanish writer (1547–1616)

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Common Themes

“Every one is as God made him and oftentimes a good deal worse.”

— Cervantes

character personality

“Every one is as God made him and often a great deal worse.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

character

“He who sings frightens away his ills.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

cheerfulness

“All will come out in the washing.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

cleanliness

“Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

companionship

“Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.”

— Cervantes

courage bravery

“The guts carry the feet not the feet the guts.”

— Cervantes

courage bravery

“He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he who loses his courage loses all.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

courage

“Faint heart never won fair lady.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

courage

“The guts carry the feet not the feet the guts.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

courage

“Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

courage

“Said the pot to die kettle "Get away blackface."”

— Miguel de Cervantes

criticism

“Here is the devil-and-all to pay.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

devil

“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

eating

“He had a face like a benediction.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

face

“One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

fear

“There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate nor pain which death does not terminate.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

forgetfulness

“Let us forget and forgive injuries.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

forgiveness

“A man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

friendship

“Tell me thy company and I'll tell thee what thou art.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

friendship