Miguel de Cervantes
Novelist
1547-09-29 – 1616-04-22
Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright best known for Don Quixote. He is widely regarded as one of the foundational figures of modern fiction. His work had a lasting influence on Spanish and world literature.
Books by Miguel de Cervantes
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Don Quixote
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Adventures of Don Quixote de La Mancha
translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Charles Jarvis
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The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha. ... by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated by Several Hands: and Publish'd by Peter Motteux. Adorn'd with New Sculptures. ...
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Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
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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.
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Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
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When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
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Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
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There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
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Virtue is the truest nobility.
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Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.
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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
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Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
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True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.
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That which costs little is less valued.
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Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
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Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
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Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.
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Many littles make a much.
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Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
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