Miguel de Cervantes

Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

136 quotes found

Writer · Spanish · 1547–1616

Spanish writer (1547–1616)

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“Take away the cause and the effect ceases.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
motivation

“Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
motivation

“Spick and span new.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
newness

“Fear is sharp-sighted and can see things under ground and much more in the skies.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
ways overcome fear

“Dine on little and sup on less.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
prudence

“The brave man carves out his fortune and every man is the sum of his own works.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
self reliance

“I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
shoemaking

“Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
sleep

“All sorrows are bearable if there is bread.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
sorrow

“There are only two families in the world as a Grandmother of mine used to say the haves and the have-nots.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
society social

“One swallow alone does not make the summer.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
summer

“Make hay while the sun shines.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
sun

“They who lose today may win tomorrow.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
future

“Ne'er look for the birds of this year in the nests of the last.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
past

“The mean of true valor lies between the extremes of cowardice and rashness.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
valor

“God bears with the wicked but not forever.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
wickedness

“Mum is the word.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
word

“My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
thought

“There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
Hold Him Brag

“All sorrows are less with bread.”
— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
bread food